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TEXAS CONFERENCES ON AMERICA'S FIRST LADIES WAS HELD RECENTLY AT THE GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY. THE GEORGE W. BUSH AND LYNDON B. JOHNSON PRESIDENTIAL...
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| 00:01:23 |
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HOWDY. I'M R.C. SLOCUM, AND I HAVE'S GREAT PRIVILEGE OF SERVING HERE AS A FOOTBALL COACH FROM 1989 TO 2002. I NOW SERVE AS A SPECIAL ADVISER TO OUR...
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| 00:04:32 |
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HOWDY! THAT'S GREAT. I AM WARREN FENCE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO AMERICA'S...
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| 00:06:47 |
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MUCH. I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE REPRESENTING AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES BILL MAYER, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN AND, OF COURSE, ANITA McBRIDE...
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| 00:09:24 |
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AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU DEAN LEOGRAND FOR YOUR KIND INTRODUCTION. I AM SO DELIGHTED TO BE AT TEXAS A&M AND THE GEORGE BUSH LIBRARY MUSEUM...
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| 00:14:10 |
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ANITA. MRS. BUSH IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SORORITY MEMBERS AND THE FIRST LADY SORORITY. AND TODAY WE HAVE THE GREAT...
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| 00:17:17 |
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OFF -- THANK YOU. I WANT TO START OFF WITH A QUOTE THAT LINDA MAY WELL KNOW FROM HER MOTHER WHO SAID THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT MENTION...
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| 00:18:18 |
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SOCIALLY ADEPT AND POLITICALLY SAVVY AT THE SAME TIME WHICH WAS VERY FORTUNATE FOR HER HUSBAND WHO HAD A VERY RETIRING PERSONALITY. WHILE MARTHA WASHINGTON...
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| 00:21:05 |
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RIGHT. IN SOME WAYS, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WAS AT FIRST AN OPENING ACTIVIST FIRST LADY. HOW DID SHE CHANGE THE ROLE FOR HER SUCCESSORS? >> IF I CAN DO
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| 00:21:17 |
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A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MY FRIEND MARK'S QUESTION, I DON'T WANT TO BE HAUNTED BY ABIGAIL LINCOLN, MARTHA WASHINGTON THE REST OF MY LIFE, BUT SHE REDEFINED...
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| 00:26:08 |
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MOTHER, LIKE MANY FIRST LADIES IN OUR HISTORY, TOOK THE WHITE HOUSE UNEXPECTEDLY IN THE WAKE OF A NATIONAL TRAGEDY, IN HER CASE. AND SHE WROTE SHORTLY...
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| 00:26:33 |
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DIFFICULT, AS IT WAS FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY. I THINK EVERYBODY -- WE WERE ALL JUST DEEPLY GRIEVING, AND I THINK SHE RECOGNIZED THAT WE ALL NEEDED...
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| 00:35:30 |
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HIGH. >> WE'LL TALK ABOUT HER LEGACY IN A MOMENT, BUT EDIE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, WHAT DO YOU FEEL THE COMPONENTS ARE THAT MAKE UP THE FIRST LADY'S LEGACY?...
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| 00:35:42 |
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OF COURSE, THE PERSONAL COMPONENT THAT SHE HAS WITH HER OWN FAMILY. BUT I THINK EVEN BEFORE WE SEE FIRST LADIES WHO ARE POLITICIZED OR WHO HAVE...
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| 00:37:18 |
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LEGACIES LEFT TO FATE, DESIGN, OR ACCIDENT? OR IS IT A COMBINATION THEREOF? >> I
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| 00:37:21 |
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THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE WOMAN. >>
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| 00:37:25 |
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MM-HMM. >>
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| 00:37:26 |
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IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE THAT I THINK IS FATE IS MARY LINCOLN. AND THAT STORY IS A TRAGEDY FROM VIRTUALLY BEGINNING TO END. OTHER PEOPLE LIKE DOLLY MADISON,...
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| 00:39:45 |
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YOU BELIEVE THAT 1974 REPRESENTS A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF FIRST LADIES, WITH THE ADVENT OF A PRESIDENT RESIGNING IN THE WAKE OF SCANDAL, AND PRESIDENT...
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| 00:40:07 |
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A CRISIS IN THE PRESIDENCY, AT A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF OTHER CRISES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO RESOLVE THE...
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| 00:45:14 |
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WITH MRS. FORD, SHE MADE -- SHE CARRIED PRESIDENT FORD ON A LOT OF ISSUES. >>
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| 00:45:21 |
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YEAH. I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE. >>
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| 00:45:24 |
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OKAY. >> WELL, YOU
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| 00:45:25 |
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KNOW, ALL OF US BELIEVED THAT, OF COURSE, HE MUST REALLY BE FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, BECAUSE HOW COULD HE LIVE WITH HER AND NOT BE? AND OF COURSE,...
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| 00:53:04 |
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IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE
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| 00:53:05 |
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I STAND -- >> I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TOO. >> NO, BUT THAT'S VERY
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| 00:53:10 |
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TRUE! BECAUSE THE SUCCESSES OF GERALD FORD ARE THE SUCCESSES, MANY OF THEM, CAUSED, HELPED, AIDED BY BETTY FORD. AND MY FATHER WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE...
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| 00:54:04 |
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JUST SAY -- >>
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| 00:54:07 |
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YOU HAD A COMMENT. >> I
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| 00:54:09 |
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DID. I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE AUDIENCE, THAT YOUR MOTHER, THROUGH THAT LADYBIRD JOHNSON CAMPAIGN SPECIAL TRAIN COMPLETELY CHANGED THE CAMPAIGN LANDSCAPE...
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| 00:55:01 |
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I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, IF I COULD, GO BACK AND REITERATE SOMETHING THAT LYNDA SAID. BECAUSE WHEN ANITA ASKED ME IF I WOULD COME BE ON THIS PANEL, I SAID,...
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| 00:58:08 |
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ABOUT THIS SYMPOSIUM IS THAT THE FIRST LADY'S ROLE IS VERY UNDERAPPRECIATED. BUT I'M WONDERING, I OPEN THIS UP TO THE WHOLE PANEL, WHO ARE OUR MOST...
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| 00:58:26 |
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ROOSEVELT. >> STILL
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| 00:58:28 |
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UNDERRATED DESPITE THE FACT SHE'S SO PROMINENT IN
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| 00:58:30 |
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HISTORY? >> SHE'S STEREOTYPED. SHE'S EITHER CO-PRESIDENT OR SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. >>
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| 00:58:36 |
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YEAH. >>
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| 00:58:38 |
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EDIE? >>
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| 00:58:39 |
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I WAS GOING TO SAY, MAYBE SARAH POPE, WHO WAS -- HARDLY ANYBODY KNOWS ABOUT PRESIDENT POLK, LET ALONE HIS WIFE. >> WELL, THEY SHOULD
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| 00:58:46 |
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KNOW ABOUT HIM, BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN TEXAS, BUT SHE WAS A VERY STRONG POLITICAL FORCE IN HER OWN RIGHT. AND HE WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR ABOUT 17 OR...
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| 01:00:00 |
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TO TELL A STORY ABOUT MY MOTHER, ALLIDA MENTIONED THE INCIDENT WHERE MRS. BUSH TALKED ABOUT FRANKLY ABOUT HER DRESS SIZE. AND MY MOTHER, WHO WAS A...
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| 01:00:38 |
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ME? OH, BOY, THIS COULD BE FUN. I WOULD SAY A FINELY TUNED POLITICAL ANTENNA, THE ABILITY TO SAY, I KNOW YOU'VE GIVEN IT EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT, BUT YOU'RE...
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| 01:01:17 |
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A GREAT ADVISER OR AN ADVOCATE FOR A SPECIFIC CAUSE, IN YOUR VIEW? >> I THINK IT DEPENDS
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| 01:01:24 |
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ON THE WOMAN. >>
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| 01:01:25 |
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YEAH. AND I WOULDN'T SAY IT HAS TO BE EITHER/OR. I MEAN, I WOULD SAY, THE PRESIDENT GETS ADVICE FROM SO MANY PEOPLE, AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THE PERSON...
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| 01:06:12 |
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WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN -- >> EXACTLY, IN
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| 01:06:17 |
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HOUSTON. >> THAT'S A GREAT
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| 01:06:20 |
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PHOTOGRAPH. >> WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPH
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| 01:06:22 |
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OF MY MOTHER. I THINK MOTHER WAS AT THE TAIL END OF -- ANYWAY, I THINK I DRUG HER IN TO SEE WHAT WE WERE CALLING THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT. SHE WAS ALL...
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| 01:06:47 |
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I THINK UNWAVERING LOYALTY IS THE FIRST REQUISITE IN THE FIRST LADY. I THINK THAT THAT IS VERY VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE FIRST LADY'S UNWAVERING LOYALTY...
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| 01:07:13 |
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WELL. >> AS LONG AS SHE DOESN'T OVERSTEP HER BOUND, AND SHE BECOMES -- >>
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| 01:07:19 |
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EXACTLY. >> AND THAT'S,
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| 01:07:20 |
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OF COURSE, WHERE MRS. ROOSEVELT -- >> NOW, DON'T BEAT
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| 01:07:22 |
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UP ON MY ELEANOR. >>
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| 01:07:23 |
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I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT UP ON YOUR ELEANOR. I LOVED ELEANOR. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST HAVE TO -- ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT I LIKE BEST WAS THE DORIS...
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| 01:09:38 |
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I DO TOO. >> BECAUSE MOST
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| 01:09:39 |
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OF US ARE LIKE THAT. >>
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| 01:09:44 |
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BUT JUST TO GO BACK IN TO DEFEND MY ELEANOR HERE, THE TRIPS TO THE MINE WERE ALL APPROVED BY FDR. AND THE FAVORITE -- MY FAVORITE STORY ABOUT THIS...
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| 01:10:39 |
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SHE WAS A STALKING HORSE. >>
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| 01:10:40 |
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SHE WAS A STALKING HORSE, BECAUSE HE COULD NOT GET OUT. >> AND SHE
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| 01:10:46 |
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WAS HIS CONDUIT TO THE LEFT WING. >>
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| 01:10:50 |
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EXACTLY. >> WHICH HE COULD NOT
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| 01:10:51 |
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DO HIMSELF AND KEEP THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS, WHOSE VOTES HE NEEDED, IN THE PARTY. SO, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD SEND ELEANOR TO BE THE CONTACT WITH THE LEFT...
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| 01:11:09 |
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WIFE. >> AND EVERY MAN WOULD UNDERSTAND. >> THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BECOME
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| 01:11:13 |
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WHO THEY WERE WITHOUT EACH OTHER. AND THEN I WON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD. >> I FEEL LIKE
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| 01:11:18 |
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A PRESIDENT, I'M SURROUNDED BY STRONG WOMEN. I HAVE THE SAD DUTY OF SAYING THAT OUR TIME IS UP. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR AN INCREDIBLY ILLUMINATING...
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| 01:11:31 |
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THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT QUESTIONS! [ APPLAUSE ] >>
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| 01:11:36 |
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DO YOU SEE OUR SHOES? >> I WANT
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| 01:11:37 |
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TO THANK -- MRS. BUSH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. AND ANITA AND WARREN FOR PUTTING ON A WONDERFUL CONFERENCE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANK...
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