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If war's first victim is truth, its second is clerical efficiency.

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David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
Actor
Composer
Linguist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Text Writer
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Writer
Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
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Clerical
Efficiency
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War
Truth

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