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When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back.

William Greider

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William Greider
Age: 83 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 6
Died: 2019
Died: December 25
Author
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Journalist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
William Harold Greider
People
Illusion
Institutions
Powerful
History
Back
Self
Important
Biting
Way
Governed

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