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A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts.

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Wilbur Smith
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 9
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beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself.
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