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the wealthy white western minority of the world could not hope to prosper if most of the rest of mankind were foundering in hopeless poverty. Islands of plenty in a vast ocean of misery never have been a good recipe for commercial success.

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Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
Age: 67 †
Born: 1914
Born: May 23
Died: 1981
Died: May 31
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