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David Suzuki

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José Martí

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Ambrose Bierce

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Patrick Buchanan

Pat Buchanan

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Andrew Greeley

Andrew Greeley

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Will Rogers

Will Rogers

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Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid

prime minister of Israel

Quindlen, Anna

Anna Quindlen

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Mary Margaret McBride (right) interviewing Eleanor Roosevelt, 1947.

Mary Margaret McBride

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Elsa Maxwell

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