"What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary."
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Richard Harkness
Richard C. Harkness (1907 - February 16, 1977) was an American radio and TV journalist. He was the Washington correspondent for NBC from 1943 to 1970.
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