"Great care has gone into the construction of the shadow which declares itself to be Richard Nixon."
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Murray Kempton
James Murray Kempton (December 16, 1917 – May 5, 1997) was an American journalist and social and political commentator who received the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
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