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Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.

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George McGovern
Age: 90 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 19
Died: 2012
Died: October 21
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I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be.
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It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and if this war mushrooms into a major conflict and a hundred thousand young Americans are killed it won t be U.S. Senators who die. It will be American soldiers who are too young to qualify for the Senate.
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Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.
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It's nice not to have to worry about constituents.
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I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.
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