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Someone will always want to mobilize Death on a massive scale for economic Domination or revenge. And the task, taken As a task, appeals to the imagination. The military is an engineering profession.
Robert Hass
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Robert Hass
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 1
Literary Critic
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Teacher
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University Teacher
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San Francisco County
California
Robert L. Hass
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