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William Greider
Age: 83 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 6
Died: 2019
Died: December 25
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William Harold Greider
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Washington
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Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.
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A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special pleader and finagler.
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If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people.
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