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Rand, Ayn

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  1. A Russian-born twentieth-century American writer whose popular novels, including The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, are polemical expositions of her view that controls, governmental and otherwise, inhibit creative individualism.

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The protagonist in The Fountainhead, a talented, egotistical architect, is supposedly modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright.

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A real libertarian was the other Rand - Ayn Rand - though of course even she didn't always follow her own beliefs ...especially at the end. bobell So he's as "fringey" as his old man but manages to hide it better? Why does this not bring a smile to my face?

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