But Pinera said recently that responding to the earthquake requires the country to transcend partisan differences.

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There are no fixed principles of reason which transcend these differences and which are every bit of true of the billionaire, private-jet riding, oil executive and the saintly, suffering single mom working at the diner for tips.

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