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The core of the American set of beliefs has remained pretty constant.
Samuel P. Huntington
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Samuel P. Huntington
Age: 81 †
Born: 1927
Born: April 18
Died: 2008
Died: December 24
Economist
Geopolitician
Philosopher
Political Scientist
Sociologist
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New York City
New York
Samuel Phillips Huntington
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