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Amos, Kent - Founder
AGAIN, WELCOME, ALL. I AM ANDY CAN HEAR AT SHILOH CHURCH AND OF THE DOOR OF THE HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL HERE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. [APPLAUSE]...
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| 00:12:31 |
Smith, Wallace Charles - Minister
ALSO THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOMFUL OF MALE EGO SHE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM HER ROLE AS A WATCHMAN CRY AND LOUD AND LOAN THAT NO ONE IN THIS NATION WOULD...
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| 00:15:22 |
Amos, Kent - Founder
GENERATION WASHINGTONIAN AND I'VE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR AWHILE AND ALL OF THOSE CONGRESSIONAL PEOPLE WANT TO GET A BOUNCE HERE WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT....
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| 00:16:29 |
Fenty, Adrian M. - Mayor, [D] Washington
OPPORTUNITY TO COUNT HER GREAT SPIRIT ON SEE THE WORLD FIGURE SHE IS A NATIONAL TREASURE BUT TO THOSE OF US IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WE THINK OF HER AS A...
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| 00:18:09 |
Gray, Vincent C. - Chairman
WHEREAS DR. HEIGHT PROVED LIFE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS THROUGH HER ADVOCACY IN THE 1940'S. WITH FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT IN THE 1950'S. THE PRESIDENT...
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| 00:18:35 |
Barry, Marion - Mayor, [D] Washington
AND FELLOW LEADERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. >> WHEREAS DR. HEIGHT'S HAVE CENTURY AS A MEMBER, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NOTIONAL COUNCIL OF...
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| 00:19:02 |
Schwartz, Carol - Member
THEREFORE, WE, THE GOVERNMENT IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO CALL WASHINGTON, D.C. HOME DO THANK THE NATIONAL COUNCIL...
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| 00:19:28 |
Fenty, Adrian M. - Mayor, [D] Washington
THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME THIS EVENING TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF DR. HEIGHT AND IT TO BE WITH US ON THIS DAY WHERE WE ALL SHARE OUR...
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| 00:20:01 |
Amos, Kent - Founder
THEIR POWER AND MANY POWERFUL WOMEN TO MAKE HOME HERE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. SOME CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON HAVE CHANNELED THIS INSPIRATION...
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| 00:21:16 |
Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
WE'VE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN RECENTLY BUT ARE ON OUR FEET. [LAUGHTER] FINALLY, DR. DOROTHY HEIGHT, IMMEDIATE AND EXTENDED FROM AND EXTENDED OF COURSE MEANS...
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| 00:26:11 |
Amos, Kent - Founder
OF CONGRESSWOMEN, FOR YEAR WHEN, IS THAT RIGHT? WHERE ARE THE WARRIOR WOMEN IN HERE? [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. WHY IS, COMPASSIONATE, LOVING WOMEN AND...
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| 00:28:22 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
SHE WAS TIRED, BUT SHE WORE US OUT. [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] AND NO MATTER HOW OLD OUR BELOVED ONE WAS, WE JUST DIDN'T WANT HER TO LEAVE. WE DIDN'T WANT...
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| 00:31:13 |
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SHE HAS BEEN THE CORE OF EVERY MAJOR CHANGE IN PUBLIC POLICY IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. >> SHE COULD ALWAYS HELP THEM FIND THEIR WAY TO WHAT THEY HAD IN COMMON....
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| 00:39:12 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
THERE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES. MISS ANNIE AND HER DADDY, THEY DID NOT PLAY. THEY PUSHED THEIR CHILDREN AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE....
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| 00:40:37 |
Randolph, Howard - Great Nephew
AT THIS TIME AND GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO MRS. MARY BROWN FOR ROLE. [APPLAUSE] IF SHE IS HERE I WOULD LIKE HER TO STAND. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] MARY WAS...
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| 00:45:51 |
Jackson, Pamela Mosley - Great Niece
AND DOROTHY. WE ONLY HAD HER BABY FOR CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING AND HOLIDAYS AND BIRTHDAYS, BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE HAD IT AT ALL TO OURSELVES WAS...
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| 00:49:29 |
Briggs, William - Nephew
TO DOROTHY HEIGHT FOR THAT IS NOT ONLY OUR DESIRE BUT OUR NEED TO DO SO. IT SAYS VOLUMES ABOUT HER EXTRAORDINARY APPEAL THAT SO MANY OF YOU HAVE JOINED...
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| 00:55:31 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FRANKLIN CHRISTIAN CENTER AND THE GROSS RESERVES AND ON THE DEBATE TEAM. THERE WERE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND GREAT LESSONS,...
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| 00:57:05 |
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COMPETITIVE. BUT SHE DID NOT MAKE ME COMPETE WITH MYSELF AND MADE
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| 01:00:43 |
Iwuoha, Crystal - Resident, Washington
ME PERFORM OUTPOURED. AND I BROUGHT MY REPORT CARD HOME, SHE WOULD ASK WHAT HAPPENED. LAST TIME YOU MADE 92, THIS TINY MADE 90. I PROTESTED 90 WAS...
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| 01:02:08 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
FREEDOM GAGE." AND MY SISTER ON THE PIANO, WHERE ARE YOU SITTING HERE? [APPLAUSE] SHE LEFT? PHENOMENAL. WE WANT THE RECORDING. THIS IS AN AMAZING...
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| 01:07:09 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON AT 7:30. IF WE KEEP THIS UP WE WILL HAVE BREAKFAST HERE TO GET THEIR. I THOUGHT THAT THE OREGON PLAYER WAS SUPPOSED TO...
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| 01:10:46 |
Sharpton, Al - Founder and President
ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES, AND I WAS SITTING THERE, AMBASSADOR YONDAH TOLD ME WHO KNOWS I GREW UP PENTECOSTAL HE TOLD ME WHEN THEY PLAY THE MUSIC THAT...
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| 01:20:09 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
DANGEROUS PLACE. DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO? WE SHRINK BACK FROM A LIFE WORRYING ABOUT A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE OUR TIME,...
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| 01:22:46 |
Clinton, Bill - President, [D] United States
BEFORE THERE WAS A MOVEMENT, THE DEBATE COULD FOR IMMIGRATION BEFORE IT WAS A PRIMARY GOAL, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND NOW SHE DOESN'T WANT NUNS TO BE...
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| 01:28:44 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
CANNON AND EVEN BOOKS BY BLACK SCHOLARS AND YOU'LL FIND MORE THAN A PARAGRAPH OR SO ABOUT THE WORK, THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT EVEN WHAT PRESIDENT CLINTON...
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| 01:30:48 |
Jackson, Alexine - National President
FEATURE IN THE DOROTHY IRENE HEIGHT. THIR INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED. FROM THE BEGINNING A LOT OF YOU HAVE SHOWN A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE BUT THERE WAS DR....
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| 01:34:58 |
Stallard, Ann - President
FOREVER AND GRATEFUL THAT SHE PUT THOSE HANDS ON ME. I COME HERE TONIGHT TO BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM THE WORLD YWCA 25 MILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS STRONG...
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| 01:40:01 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
IS BRING FORWARD A WOMAN WHO DR. DOROTHY HEIGHT LOVED SO MUCH AND WHO LOVED HER BACK AND HAD HER BACK. A BELOVED FRIEND TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND A...
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| 01:41:17 |
Clinton, Hillary Rodham - Secretary
I WANT TO PAY TRIBUTE AND ACKNOWLEDGE DOROTHY'S SISTER WHO IS HERE WITH US. THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH ALL THE FUSS OVER ALL THESE YEARS. SOMETIMES...
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| 01:50:13 |
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THE (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music)...
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| 01:55:47 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
UP TO SPEAK SO I GOT IN THERE IS YOU. DR. DOROTHY ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR FROM THE TIME SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL. THAT IS RIGHT [APPLAUSE] STAND UP...
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| 01:56:52 |
Butler, Cynthia McIntyre - National President
OF ONE'S BIRTH AND DEATH. SINCE DR. HEIGHT'S PASSING I HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT HER DASH. IT COULD PROBABLY FILL MORE VOLUMES IN ALL OF THE BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA...
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| 02:02:06 |
Smeal, Eleanor - President
THANKING HER FOR EVERYTHING SHE DID TO MAKE WOMEN'S RIGHTS A MOVEMENT THAT STARTED WITH THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, AND SHE WORKED EVERY DAY, DAY IN AND DAY...
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| 02:05:07 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
THE OBAMA TEAM IS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT. VALERIE JARRETT, COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT. PLEASE STAND AND LET PEOPLE SEE YOU. SO WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU. MICHAEL...
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| 02:06:59 |
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GIVE OUR PRAISE TO GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. [APPLAUSE] >> YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT HOW GOOD GOD IS. WHEN YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE
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| 02:11:57 |
Wonder, Stevie - Musician
BEEN PROMISED THREE SCORES AND TEN, AND YET GOD BLESSED US TO HAVE 28 MORE YEARS BEYOND THAT. >> AMEN. >> HAVE HER IN OUR LIVES. THEY SAY MANY TIMES...
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| 02:20:00 |
Jordan, Vernon E. Jr. - Attorney
A GREAT LEADER, AND I HAVE LOST A GREAT FRIEND, A PARTNER IN THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE, A ROLE MODEL, AND A MENTOR. I ALWAYS KNEW WHO DOROTHY HEIGHT WAS...
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| 02:26:52 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> MY BELOVED BAUERS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I FEEL MORE THAN LUCKY, BUT VERY BLESSED, THAT I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THE
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| 02:27:25 |
Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
AGE OF DOROTHY HEIGHT. THIS WOMAN, THIS BLESSED WOMAN, NEVER, EVER LOST A COMMON TOUCH. SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. INSIDE AND OUT. I FIRST MET DOROTHY HEIGHT...
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| 02:31:16 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
MUCH, YOUNGER BERNICE KING IS THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, EMBODYING THE WORK OF HER FATHER, AND WE WELCOME YOU HEAR...
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| 02:31:57 |
King, Bernice - Elder
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND ON BEHALF OF THE KING FAMILY. TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LIGHT ON THE HILL A THAT WAS DOROTHY IRENE HEIGHT. A WOMAN LOVED...
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| 02:41:45 |
Henderson, Wade - President and CEO
WITHOUT QUESTION THE GRAND DAME OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. BUT SHE WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. WAS WE HAVE HEARD TONIGHT, SHE WAS UNQUESTIONABLY...
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| 02:46:54 |
Young, Andrew - Ambassador
HOW TO GAIN FREEDOM AND THOSE RASCALS, MY FRIENDS AND BROTHERS, HAD THE AUDACITY TO GET UP THERE AND FIGHT OVER WHO WAS GOING TO SPEAK AND NOT LET DOROTHY...
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| 02:52:02 |
Jackson, Jesse - Founder and President
CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DOROTHY HEIGHT, AND OUR HEARTS DO REJOICE. I BELIEVE IN SHORT WED EXAMINATION LONG FUNERALS. IF THE FUNERAL IS WORTH...
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| 03:00:03 |
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I FIRST CAME TO KNOW DR.
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| 03:01:21 |
Tyson, Cicely - Actor
DOROTHY HEIGHT IN THE PROCESS TO ANSWER A RINGING TELEPHONE. WHEN I PICKED UP THE RECEIVER I SAID WHOEVER YOU ARE I'VE JUST BROKEN MY TOE. [LAUGHTER]...
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| 03:12:40 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
PLEASE WELCOME LONGTIME SUPPORTER OF STANTON DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF POLICY MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ALONG WITH...
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| 03:13:51 |
Stanton, Robert - Deputy Assistant Secretary
OF MCLEOD BETHUNE. FIVE YEARS AFTER HER DEATH THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. DOROTHY IRENE HEIGHT, THE NATION RECOGNIZED THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF DR. BETHUNE...
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| 03:18:32 |
Thompson, Jeffrey - Chairman
WHITE HOUSE [INAUDIBLE] IT WAS BOTH F LIFTING AND HUMBLING WHEN THE BUILDING WAS NAMED THE DOROTHY HEIGHT BUILDING. FROM OUR HOUSE WE MUST ALWAYS BE A...
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| 03:22:43 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
COUNCIL STAND PLEASE. STAND AND LET US ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF OUR BELOVED DR. DOROTHY HEIGHT. I BRING TO YOU NOW THIS...
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| 03:24:20 |
Jones, Ingrid Saunders - Chairman
MIND. SO I WILL START AT THE BEGINNING BY OFFERING CONGRATULATORY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF DOROTHY IRENE HEIGHT, THE BLOOD FAMILY, THEN WE GO...
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| 03:27:36 |
Edelman, Marian Wright - Founder and President
HAT IN 20 YEARS BUT I HAVE ONE ON TONIGHT. [LAUGHTER] SHE WAS ALWAYS THE BEST DRESSED WOMAN IN THE ROOM AND BAR NONE AND I PROMISED HER I WOULD BUY A...
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| 03:31:38 |
Cole, Johnnetta B. - Director
LIFE AND THE AMAZING AND GRACEFUL WORK OF DR. DOROTHY IRENE HEIGHT, LET ME SIMPLY GIVE A VOICE TO PRAISES THE OFFER GLIMPSES OF WHO DR. HEIGHT WAS...
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| 03:36:15 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
IN THE HOUSE? MELANIE CAMPBELL. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COALITION ON BLACK SIX PARTICIPATION AND ALSO THE COMPUTER OF THE BLACK WOMEN'S...
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| 03:38:12 |
Song by Coleman, Joe, -
DID I TOUCH YOUR HEART (music) (music) IS THE WORLD YOU SEE MORE OF WHAT YOU ARE (music) (music) DID I GIVE YOU STRENGTH TO ENDURE THE PAIN (music)...
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| 03:43:43 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
CONGRESSMAN DIANE WATSON. [APPLAUSE] >> I, TOO, LOOKED IN MY CLOSET AND LOOKED UPON THE SHELF. I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, THAT IS WHERE MY HAT'S OUR BILL...
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| 03:44:13 |
Watson, Diane - U.S. Representative, [D] California
MY GRANDMOTHER'S MOTHER WAS THE SLAVE MASTERS CHILD. SO MY GRANDMOTHER GOT THE EDUCATION BECAUSE AT THAT TIME AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR WAY OUT WAS EDUCATION....
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| 03:47:45 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
COME UP. AND ARE YOU STILL HERE? IF SHE'S NOT, TELL HER WE CALL HER NAME. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING SO HARD WITH ALEXIS ON THE PROGRAM, DONNER WHO WAS JUST...
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| 03:48:32 |
Shaw, Barbara - Chairman
AS THE INTERIM CHAIR PERSON, A POSITION I WOULD RATHER OUR MOTHER, OUR BELOVED LEADERS STILL CARRY FOR US. BUT GOD IN HIS INFINITE POWER DECIDED WAS...
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| 03:51:54 |
Taylor, Susan - Editor-in-Chief
EXIT BEFORE ANY OF US DO AND PLEASE, PLEASE REMEMBER YOU KNOW THAT EVEN IN THE GOOD TIMES DR. DOROTHY HAD TO STRUGGLE FOR MONEY. WHO STEPS UP AS WE...
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| 03:54:13 |
Herman, Alexis - Secretary
OF THE COUNCIL FAMILY COME TO EACH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR STAYING, AND YOU ARE RIGHT WE ARE ENDING EXACTLY THE WAY THAT DOROTHY PROBABLY WOULD...
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| 03:56:01 |
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LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU (music) (music) LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART (music) (music) LET ME HEAR YOU WHISPER (music) THAT YOU LOVE...
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| 03:57:51 |
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.