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Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
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- Margaret Thatcher
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- Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
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