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Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed.

David K. Shipler

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David K. Shipler
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 3
Author
Journalist
Singer
Chatham Borough
New Jersey
Watching
Magician
Hand
Affairs
Eye
Drawn
Jobs
Dramatic
Hands
Performing
Sometimes
Affair
Important
Foreign
Flourishes
Like
Leaving
Unnoticed

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