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It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however.

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Deborah Harkness
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 5
Executive Producer
Historian
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Rings
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However
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Equal
Opposing
War
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Truth
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