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The only way we can put a permanent end to terrorism is to stop participating in it.
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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the Federal Reserve, has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second is to maintain high employment... The European central bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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The Irish were treated horribly, even here in Boston. For example, in the late nineteenth century they were treated pretty much like African Americans. You could find signs here in Boston in the restaurants saying No dogs and Irish.
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