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I had to adjust to living in a Third World country, which means that things people in the U.S. take for granted-like hot running water whenever you turn on the tap-are not always available.

Assata Shakur

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Assata Shakur
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 14
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Joanne Deborah Byron
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