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Timothy H. Bishop: “Too often these days we have let the rhetoric surrounding controversial issues overtake the reality.”

On the recordJuly 14, 2014
Too often these days we have let the rhetoric surrounding controversial issues overtake the reality.
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Timothy H. Bishop
New York

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Bishop criticizes the rhetoric overshadowing reality in political discussions.

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