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October 18, 1947

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THE IDEA IS EVERYTHING

Philip Hamburger

PROFILE of Trygve Lie, the Secretary-General of the U. N. Lie was born in a suburb of Oslo, Jul. 16, 1896, the son of a carpenter, who deserted his family …