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We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost

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George McGovern
Age: 90 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 19
Died: 2012
Died: October 21
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Avon
South Dakota
George Stanley McGovern
George S. McGovern
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