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McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the F-15.

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Thomas Friedman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 20
Columnist
Journalist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Saint Louis Park
Minnesota
Thomas Loren Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman
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Mcdonald
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What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain.
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The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect.
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