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The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.

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Dan Quayle
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 4
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Former Vice President Of The United States
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Vice President Of The United States
Indianapolis
Indiana
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