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The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.

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Tom Clancy
Age: 66 †
Born: 1947
Born: April 12
Died: 2013
Died: October 1
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Thomas Leo Clancy Jr.
Thomas Leo Tom Clancy Jr.
Thomas Leo Tom Clancy
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Thomas Clancy
Thomas L. Clancy
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