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Year of the Rat
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book about people lucky enough
to live through the two great,
character-building historical
episodes of the 20th century,
the Great Depression and World
War II. The book, "written" by
NBC news animatron Tom Brokaw,
is simply titled The Greatest
Generation.
Given that the Vietnam War had
been one of the major sources of
generational friction, it is
particularly ironic that the war
movie Saving Private Ryan has
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