He spent his life creating his own culture, listening to his heart and doing what was right for him, versus what was right by society's standards.

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Meanwhile, progress was mired in a lot of old arguments traded across entrenched political divides: left versus right, management versus labor, business leaders versus environmental advocates.

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And closer to home, wherever we might live, we see the familiar struggles of political life -- left versus right, rich versus poor, and up versus down.

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