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The world stood like a playing card on edge... One looked at the buildings one passed… — Norman Mailer

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The world stood like a playing card on edge... One looked at the buildings one passed and wondered if one was to see them again.

Norman Mailer
1963
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Reflecting on the week of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Mailer, Norman. "The Big Bite." The Presidential Papers. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1963. Originally published in Esquire, Apr. 1963.

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