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Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Age: 76 †
Born: 1927
Born: March 16
Died: 2003
Died: March 26
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
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