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What a joy it is to see really professional media manipulation.

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William Safire
Age: 79 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 17
Died: 2009
Died: September 27
Author
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
New York City
New York
William Lewis Safire
Manipulation
Professional
Joy
Media
Really

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