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Small wars are always teetering on the brink of becoming big ones.

Max Lerner

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Max Lerner
Age: 89 †
Born: 1902
Born: December 20
Died: 1992
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Мінск
Becoming
Small
Bigs
War
Always
Teetering
Brink
Wars
Ones

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