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The sequester has forced liberals to clarify their conviction that whatever the government's size is at any moment, is the bare minimum neccessary to forestall intolerable suffering.
George Will
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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
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George F. Will
George Frederick Will
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