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All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a point.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
Journalist
Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
Politics
Four
Point
Words
Slope
Political
Slopes
Place
Slippery
Important
Politician
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