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Environmental regulation looked like it was going to be under serious attack, and they were giving all of those speeches about getting government off people's backs.

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Robert Hass
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 1
Literary Critic
Poet
Teacher
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University Teacher
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Robert L. Hass
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