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One nanny said, Feed a cold she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, Starve a cold she was a monetarist.
Harold MacMillan
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Harold MacMillan
Age: 92 †
Born: 1894
Born: February 10
Died: 1986
Died: December 29
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