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We have to face it: in America today the way to have fun and celebrate is to break a store window and take something. That's the way it is, today in America, and we have to accept it

Richard J. Daley

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Richard J. Daley
Age: 74 †
Born: 1902
Born: May 15
Died: 1976
Died: December 20
Former Mayor Of Chicago
Politician
Chicago
Illinois
Richard Joseph Daley
Today
Window
Take
Accept
Something
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Way
Fun
Break
Face
Store
Faces
Stores
America
Celebrate

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