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The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go into the elegant apartments and get a stockbroker who's sniffing cocaine.

Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky
Age: 95
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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