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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
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Saint Louis Park
Minnesota
Thomas Loren Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman
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When you study history and look at every civilization that has grown up and died off, they all leave one remnant: a major sports colosseum at the heart of their capital. Our fate can be different but only if we start doing things differently.
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Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it.
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In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.
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I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.
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