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In action be primitive in foresight, a strategist.

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Ed Koch
Age: 88 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 12
Died: 2013
Died: February 1
Film Critic
Former United States Representative
Judge
Lawyer
Politician
Writer
The Bronx
New York City
Edward Irving Ed Koch
Edward I. Koch
Edward Irving Koch
Action
Strategist
Foresight
Primitive
Advice

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[The UN should remain in New York] because every country needs a cesspool. And the UN is always interesting as a theater of the absurd.
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