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March 28, 2014

Remembering that geography matters

By GEORGE WILL Washington Post Writers Group

WASHINGTON — Igor Stravinsky, the Russian composer, said of Poland, perilously positioned between Russia and Germany: “If you pitch your tent in the middle of Fifth Avenue, it is quite

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