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Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not work in a corporation.
Fareed Zakaria
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Fareed Zakaria
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 20
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Fareed Rafiq Zakaria
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