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203:, Germany. His family moved to Chicago in 1951, where he lived until 1985. In 1975, he earned a bachelor's degree from the department of philosophy at Roosevelt University. While living in Chicago, he worked as creative director for an advertising agency, served as editor and political adviser for the Chicago Latvian Newsletter, and wrote comedy for
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