We should also thank the combined efforts of the WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International, the Gates Foundation, and the CDC, all of whom are backing the worldwide effort to eradicate polio.

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Who else should we thank for bankrolling the federal government?

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Murrow was pulled into the great issues of the day ("Resolved, the United States should join the World Court"), and perhaps it's Ruth Lawson whom we modern broadcast journalists should thank for engaging our founder in world affairs.

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