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Margaret Irish's avatar

From your words to the Pope’s ear, Martin. We never know what exactly will precipitate change. I was struck by your sentence “Moscow depleted the country of opportunity and hope, the vibrancy of its academic, cultural and political institutions vanishing within a gray miasma of fear and fealty.” Today, you can sadly replace “Moscow” with “The Trump administration” and render a statement that’s equally true for America.

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Gabriella's avatar

Excellent work! Appropriately scathing where due.

I feel like I'm one of the few to remember Mehmet Ali Agca (not sure of spelling). Wonder where he is now. At the age of 13, I was dutifully reading Time during lunch breaks in the library at school. It helped with stress.

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