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  • Clarke's "ideas" began taking shape when - as a civil servant before the war - he started writing tales about outer space.

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  • Military analysts know full well that a sudden onset of famine is one of the surest triggers for civil unrest and all out war.

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  • Macy, showing footage of American soldiers storming beaches of Normandy during World War II, a civil rights march, and a moon landing.

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  • So, the idea of growing up to be president some day was implanted in my head, and it became the source of great consternation for me when, in grad school in the late '60s as civil rights, feminist and anti-Vietnam War ferment was swelling, I ratified my own commitment to social justice by openly claiming my gay identity.

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