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The country's present supply of foreign news depends largely on how best a number of dry goods merchants in New York think they can sell underwear.
A. J. Liebling
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A. J. Liebling
Age: 59 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 18
Died: 1963
Died: December 28
Journalist
War Correspondent
New York City
New York
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