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I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.
Stephen Ambrose
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Stephen Ambrose
Age: 66 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 10
Died: 2002
Died: October 13
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Illinois
Stephen Edward Ambrose
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I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.
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Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.
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Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.
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