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Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future.
Jurgen Habermas
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Jurgen Habermas
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: June 18
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Dusseldorf
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