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[The loss-of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.

Kenneth E. Boulding

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Kenneth E. Boulding
Age: 83 †
Born: 1910
Born: January 18
Died: 1993
Died: March 18
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City of Liverpool
Kenneth Ewart Boulding
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