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I've been in a lot of elections.

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Arlen Specter
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: February 12
Died: 2012
Died: October 14
Former United States Senator
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Military Officer
Politician
Wichita
Kansas
Elections
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I beat a brain tumor.
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I do come from a strong family.
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When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
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When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.
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The passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, recognizing the potential danger that the aircraft they were aboard posed to large numbers of innocent Americans, American institutions, and the symbols of American democracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that the aircraft they were aboard could not be used as a weapon.
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Heart disease continues to be the number one killer cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.
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