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To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

William Safire

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William Safire
Age: 79 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 17
Died: 2009
Died: September 27
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Columnist
Journalist
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New York City
New York
William Lewis Safire
Ventriloquist
Channeling
Dummy
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