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You stand up to bullies. Don't shrink back. You fight back with all your strength, and the press is going to have to do it, politicians are going to have to do it, all of us are going to have to do it.
Barbara Boxer
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Barbara Boxer
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: November 11
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