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The man who raises new issues has always been distasteful to politicians. He musses up what had been so tidily arranged.

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
Men
Distasteful
Arranged
Politicians
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