Lawrence H. Summers (1954) Former US Secretary of the Treasury
Lawrence Summers in: David Warsh (February 11, 1992) "Avoiding Weimar Russia", Boston Globe, p. 37, Section: Business.
1990s
“Progress just means bad things happen faster.”
— Terry Pratchett, book Witches Abroad
Source: Witches Abroad
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