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Don&#8217;t I know that the Memorial Biz isn&#8217;t about memory, it&#8217;s about <a title=\"OpinionJournal - Taste\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opinionjournal.com\/taste\/?id=110002597\">Art<\/a> (with an emphatic Capital A)?<\/p>\n<p>Yeesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody&#8217;s asked me to design a memorial at the Pentagon for the victims of that building during the 9-11 attacks, as well as the victims aboard the jet liner. 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