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After Galileo was convicted (for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition) for his theory that the Earth revolved around the sun, ... he replied, `Still, the Earth is moving.'

Junichiro Koizumi

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Junichiro Koizumi
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 8
Diplomat
Economist
Former Prime Minister Of Japan
Politician
Junichirō Koizumi
Jun'ichirō Koizumi
Koizumi Junichirō
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