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No emergency was ever dealt with effectively by democratic process.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
Democratic
Process
Ever
Emergency
Emergencies
Dealt
Effectively

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