Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimula…

Don DeLillo
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Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.' (20) ✨ Don DeLillo (2004). Cosmopolis: A Novel, p.20, Simon and Schuster
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Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.' (20) ✨ Don DeLillo (2004). Cosmopolis: A Novel, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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