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  • You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.

    -William Randolph Hearst
      Telegram to the artist FredericRemington at thebeginning of the Spanish^ American War in Cuba, Mar. This may be apocryphal, but it inspired a famous line of dialogue in Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane. English  Conservative  politician,  chief  negotiator  for  Britain's entry  into  the  European  Common  Market,  and Prime  Minister (1970^4).  He  was  replaced  as  leader  by  Margaret  Thatcher, whose policies he openly criticized.

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