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Nobody has yet found a way of bombing that can prevent foot soldiers from walking.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
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Writer
New York City
New York
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Soldiers
Way
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Bombing

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