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Hating war in Vietnam in 1965 was minority position.

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Bill Ayers
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: December 26
Autobiographer
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Peace Activist
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Glen Ellyn
Illinois
William Charles Bill Ayers
William Charles Ayers
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