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[B]inary opposites fit nicely the formulation of history as written, but they do little to capture the messy, inchoate reality of history as lived.
Ira Berlin
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Ira Berlin
Age: 77 †
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Died: 2018
Died: June 5
Historian
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University Teacher
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New York City
New York
History
Formulation
Reality
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Messy
Little
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Opposites
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Lived
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Inchoate
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