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A politician is forced to make a habit of noble phrases and optimistic lies. In the end they infect himself.

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Storm Jameson
Age: 95 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 8
Died: 1986
Died: September 30
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Whitby
North Yorkshire
Margaret Storm Jameson
Margaret Ethel Storm Jameson
Noble
Politician
Lies
Habit
Lying
Infect
Ends
Phrases
Make
Optimistic
Forced

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