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		<title>Kempton, Murray -- Part of Our Time, ch. 6 &#8220;The Day of the Locust&#8221; (1955)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that it has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that it has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.</p>
<br><b>Murray Kempton</b> (1917-1997) American journalist.<br><i>Part of Our Time</i>, ch. 6 &#8220;The Day of the Locust&#8221; (1955) 
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