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There's a Washington standard of casually putting things off the record. It's really gone too far. I don't know an easy way to turn it back.

Adam Clymer

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Adam Clymer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 27
Died: 2018
Died: September 10
Journalist
New York City
New York
Turns
Standard
Easy
Washington
Back
Putting
Really
Standards
Way
Record
Things
Records
Turn
Gone
Casually

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