Imagine having journalists in your own home and not even covering the …

P. J. O'Rourke
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Imagine having journalists in your own home and not even covering the furniture with plastic sheets first. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer, p.43, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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