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Ah, yes, poverty, said Chatterjee and smiled as if the word had deeply ironic connotations. Indeed, there is much poverty here. Much squalor by Western standards. That must offend the American mind, since America has repeatedly dedicated its great will to eliminating poverty. How did your ex-President Johnson put it . . . to declare war on poverty? One would think that his war in Vietnam would have satisfied him. The war on poverty was another war we lost, I said. America continues to have its share of poverty. I set my empty glass down, and a servant appeared at my elbow to pour more scotch.
Dan Simmons
Ah, yes, poverty, said Chatterjee and smiled as if the word had deeply ironic connotations. Indeed, there is much poverty here. Much squalor by Western standards. That must offend the American mind, since America has repeatedly dedicated its great will to eliminating poverty. How did your ex-President Johnson put it . . . to declare war on poverty? One would think that his war in Vietnam would have satisfied him. The war on poverty was another war we lost, I said. America continues to have its share of poverty. I set my empty glass down, and a servant appeared at my elbow to pour more scotch.
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Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works that span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. Simmons's genre-intermingling Song of Kali (1985) won the World Fantasy Award. He also writes mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz.