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Disaster can take a nation by surprise, slowly, and then all at once.

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David Remnick
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 29
Contributing Editor
Editor
Journalist
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Hackensack
New Jersey
Disaster
Surprise
Nation
Nations
Take
Slowly

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