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ME. IF YOU BUY ONE BOOK AT THIS EXTRAORDINARY FESTIVAL IT SHOULD BE THIS BOOK. I AM NOT KIDDING
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| 00:01:39 |
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YOU. SOME OF YOU KNOW ME AS OVERENTHUSIASTIC AND HYPERBOLIC BUT THIS THING IS -- WAS A REVELATION ON SOME MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS. PLEASE WELCOME ITS...
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| 00:02:02 |
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SMART AND WE MADE HIM. I AM DOWN ON HIM NOW. YOU CAME ACROSS THIS ASTONISHING STORY WHEN YOU WERE A SOPHOMORE AT TULANE. I LOVE THIS STORY. THIS IS...
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| 00:02:30 |
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INCREDIBLY GREAT AND WHEN THE BEARS WITH SIR PLAYOFFS AND WENT TO THE SUPERBOWL MY FATHER OUT OF NOWHERE CAME UP WITH TWO TICKETS TO THE SUPER BOWL...
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| 00:03:21 |
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ORLEANS THERE ARE SOME DISTRACTIONS. I TOOK THIS CLASS WHEN YOU WERE --
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| 00:03:33 |
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I WAS A SOPHOMORE CALLED JEWISH-AMERICAN NOVELS WHERE I WAS INTRODUCED TO GREAT CHICAGOANS. I HAD A TEACHER NAMED COHEN WHO WAS ASSESSED WITH SAM THE...
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| 00:04:26 |
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CAN BUY THEM -- THEIR WERE NO GROCERY STORES. GIVE ME THE STATES OF BANANAS IF YOU WOULD IN 1893. >> THE STATE OF OF BANANA BEING SOLD IN AMERICA WAS...
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| 00:04:44 |
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INTERESTING. >> LIKE THE BEATLES PLAYING IN LIVERPOOL. THEY WERE GOING TO BE
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| 00:04:52 |
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HUGE. THE FIRST INDUCTION OF BANANAS AND A WORLD EXPOSITION IN -- SOLD BY THIS SLICE. AND THE MOST EXOTIC THING YOU COULD FIND. BANANAS TEND TO BE...
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| 00:06:10 |
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WORK FOR UNITED FRUIT? THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS BOOK. THERE ARE REVELATIONS PLENTY HERE. AND IN MANY CASES, AND SOMETHING RICH WRITES IN HERE....
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| 00:07:35 |
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GREW UP UNTIL HE WAS 14 ON A WHEAT FARM IN WESTERN RUSSIA AND HIS FATHER DIED AND HE WAS SENT TO THE UNITED STATES LEGAL MAKE MONEY AND BRING HIS SIBLINGS...
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| 00:09:10 |
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RESEARCH IS NEWSPAPERS AT THIS TIME WERE UNBELIEVABLE IN CHARTING CENTRAL AMERICA AND ALL THAT STUFF. WERE YOU SURPRISED HOW HELPFUL THEY WERE,...
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| 00:09:35 |
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STORY -- THE LONGEVITY OF IT, JOHN FORD'S VISION OF AMERICA AND YOU END UP IN THE COLD WAR AND THE WILD WEST. HONDURAS WAS SEEN BY A LOT OF PEOPLE AS...
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| 00:11:04 |
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BANANAS. WITHIN A DECADE HE WOULD BE SELLING MORE THAN A THOUSAND YEAR. GIVE US A SENSE OF WHERE THE BANANAS WERE BEING GROWN. THERE WERE A NUMBER THAT...
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| 00:11:37 |
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WITH THE CO-STAR RICA RAILROAD. MINOR KEITH HIS OLDER BROTHER BUILD THE FIRST INTERCONTINENTAL RAILROAD WHICH WENT ACROSS THE ISTHMUS TO KNOW ANYTHING...
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| 00:12:38 |
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BANANA IS A FRUIT? GOT ANOTHER CHOICE WHAT IT COULD BE? IT IS NOT A VEGETABLE. IT IS THE BARRY. ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? >> A BANANA IS NOT A TREE....
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| 00:12:58 |
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WANTED TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. I DECIDED TO GROW A BANANA IN CONNECTICUT AND -- BAD IDEA. IT DID WELL THROUGH JULY AND AUGUST AND THEN JUST TURNED...
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| 00:13:50 |
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EARLY TRIPS TO CENTRAL AMERICA. >> VERTICAL INTEGRATION WAS A BIG FAN AND A BUSINESS STORY IS THE THING. EARLY ON THERE WAS BECAUSE IT ISN'T A FREE...
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| 00:14:02 |
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VULNERABLE. GROWS FAST AND THERE'S A LOT OF FRUIT AND IT BEARS FRUIT ALL YEAR LONG SO IT IS FANTASTIC BUT VERY VULNERABLE AND ONE OF THE WAYS IS IT...
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| 00:15:56 |
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TIME AND HE LEARNED BUSINESS -- I GET THE SENSE HE WAS IN STAGE OF THE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW IS THIS DONE? HOW IS THIS DONE? >> HE HAD THIS IDEA YOU SHOULD...
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| 00:16:12 |
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WAR WITH UNITED FRUIT IN GUATEMALA. UNITED FRUIT WAS BASED IN BOSTON AND THEY USED TO TELL HIM WHEN HE WAS DOING WRONG THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY...
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| 00:17:13 |
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AN INDIVIDUALIST TO GO DOWN THERE AND STEAK THE COUNTY CLAIMS. HOWARD NEMEROV WAS IT? >> VERY ROUGH. IT WAS THE WILD WEST WITH MALARIA. PLACES WHERE...
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| 00:17:27 |
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WALKING AROUND WITH GUNS AND THERE WERE FIGHTS AND THERE WAS THE FIGHT BETWEEN UNITED FRUIT -- THE COMPANY WAS A FIGHT WITH SOLDIERS AND NAVIES AND SHIPS...
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| 00:18:49 |
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QUALITIES ONE USUALLY FINDS IN A GREAT PERSONALITY. SIMPLICITY AS WELL AS SIZE. WHAT WAS SIMPLE ABOUT THIS GUY? FRANKFURT CAN BE TOTALLY WRONG. MAY...
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| 00:19:21 |
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PAGE REPORT. ONE SHEET ON TOP OF THE SUMMARY AND TAKE THEM AND RIP-OFF FRONT SHEET AND THROW THE REST -- NOT THE BEST REPORT I HAVE EVER SEEN. HE NEVER...
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| 00:21:29 |
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OVERTHROWS THE GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. >> KNOX KNEW THAT MARY WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING NOT GOOD SO HE GOT A GROUP OF...
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| 00:21:46 |
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HE DIDN'T GO TO HONDURAS OR TAKE MERCENARY SOLDIERS DOWN SO HE WENT TO THE CARROUSEL BAR WHICH I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET A DRINK AT ON ROYAL STREET IN NEW...
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| 00:23:38 |
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FRUIT. CASTRO WENT TO UNITED FRUIT SCHOOL. THE HARVEY OSWALD WORKED FOR UNITED FRUIT. THIS GUY WE CHRISTMAS, YOU CANNOT EVEN BELIEVE HE IS REAL. >>...
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| 00:23:59 |
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AS A KID HE GREW UP IN LOUISIANA AND HIS DREAM WAS TO BE A RAILROAD ENGINEER WHICH WOULD BE LIKE VIA JET PILOT TODAY. HE WAS WORKING ON THE ILLINOIS...
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| 00:25:25 |
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THE BANANA BUSINESS, ADVERTISING -- HOW DID THE BANANA TAKEOFF THE WAY IT DID? >> UNITED FRUIT DID THIS BRILLIANT THING. THEY STARTED SENDING AN AGENT...
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| 00:25:41 |
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COMPANY TO NEW YORK FOR PEOPLE COME FROM ELLIS ISLAND AND EVERY TIME SOMEBODY CAME OFF THE BOAT THEY WOULD HAND THEM A BANANA AND SAY WELCOME TO AMERICA...
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| 00:26:33 |
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BANANA IS A CHARACTER. >> THE BIG MIKE EAGLES FIX CAN THEN THEY THROW THE LONG THE DECKS OF SHIPS IN PILES. IT WENT EXTINCT IN
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| 00:26:54 |
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NEARLY 60s. I HAVE LITTLE KIDS AND BEEN READING A LOT OF CURIOUS GEORGE AND NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY HE IS SO HAPPY AND REALIZE, IT'S MORE DELICIOUS BANANA....
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| 00:27:22 |
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OVER MY
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| 00:27:26 |
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HOUSE. INTERESTING ASPECT TO THIS IS HE HAD A FAMILY. TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LIVES IN NEW ORLEANS, BUCKLE UP AND GO DOWN THERE. >> IT IS LIKE ULTIMATELY...
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| 00:27:48 |
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HAVE TO STUDY YOUR OWN MARRIAGE BUT HE HAD A VERY STABLE LIFE AND HOME IN THIS GIANT HOUSE AND SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR HE GETS ON A BOAT AND GOES TO BED...
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| 00:29:09 |
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BUSINESS, ONE OF THESE A LEGENDARY FIGURES WHO FEW ARE AROUND THE OLD GUY LOVED HIM BECAUSE THE -- YOUNGER FRUIT PAR STARTED BY PIONEERS AND TWO OR THREE...
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| 00:29:47 |
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BOOKS. 100 UNUSUAL DINNERS AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM. MAYBE IT IS HERE AT THE BOOK FAIR. >> I TRIED IT. [TALKING OVER EACH OTHER] >> THREE YOUNG KIDS....
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| 00:30:09 |
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THAT BANANA FIELD AND EAT THIS
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| 00:30:12 |
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MEAL. HE TOOK OVER UNITED FRUIT AND TRIED TO RUN IT IN A NON CORPORATE WAY. HOW DID THAT GO? >> THE STORY IS UNITED FRUIT ALMOST WENT TO WAR AND ALMOST...
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| 00:30:35 |
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AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT CALLED THESE GUYS TO WASHINGTON AND SAID YOU CANNOT START A WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THEY HAD TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE SOLUTION...
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| 00:31:38 |
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THIS GUY. >> AND OTHER STOCKHOLDERS GETTING PROXY'S. AND -- >> CALL HIM THE FRUIT PEDDLER OR THE LITTLE
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| 00:31:54 |
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GUY OR THE BANANA
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| 00:31:59 |
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MAN. THESE WERE CORPORATE CHIEFS. EMBOSSED AN OFFICE BUILDING, AND THE COMPANY WENDING -- TO SAVE IT. AND VERY THICK RUSSIAN ACCENT, AND I'M SORRY BUT...
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| 00:32:39 |
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MEMBERS, WAS ANTI-SEMITISM? [TALKING OVER EACH OTHER] >> THEY NEEDED A HOUSE IN BOSTON SO HE WENT TO BOSTON WHERE OTHER UNITED FRUIT EXECUTIVES LIVE...
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| 00:32:57 |
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SHOWING THEM -- SOME HOUSES WEREN'T -- THIS IS IN THE 1930s SO THERE WAS A BIG PROBLEM AND JUST DECIDED I WILL LIVE IN THE TOP FLOOR OF THE RITZ-CARLTON...
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| 00:33:38 |
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BUSINESS -- WHAT EVENTUALLY UNDID HIM? HE BECOMES IN MANY WAYS A THOUGH HE DOES SOME WONDERFULLY HEROIC THINGS. FOR ME SAD TO SEE HIM DIMINISH AS A...
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| 00:34:11 |
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DEGREE, AND THE THING YOU GROW, EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND RUSSIA AND GRANDPARENTS FOCUSED ON THIS PERSON AND THIS KID, ON THE ARMY AIR FORCE LEADERS...
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| 00:35:30 |
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WE HAD HERE AND SUDDENLY YOU HAD A SHAKE WEATHER A --CHE GUEVERA LOOKING AT THIS SAYING WHAT ARE THEY DOING DOWN HERE AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE PABLO...
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| 00:36:41 |
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A QUIET WAY WITH A NUMBER OF JEWISH CAUSES. SOME OF HIS MONEY BOUGHT THE EXODUS. BUT HIS JEWISH IDENTITY IS THE FEMORAL. >> I AM JEWISH AND YOU GROW...
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| 00:37:08 |
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BEACH IS THE PROMISED LAND. BECAUSE IT IS FREEDOM. THAT IS WHERE THE ENERGY OF A GUY LIKE ZEMUURAY CAME FROM. GREW UP IN THESE LITTLE JEWISH TOWNS...
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| 00:39:46 |
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THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THE WAY RICH COHEN RIGHTS IS HE IS NOT OPPOSED TO INSERT HIMSELF IN THESE NARRATIVES WHEN I THINK APPROPRIATE. A LOT OF WRITERS...
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| 00:40:42 |
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MEANING OF THE TITLE. >> WHEN ZEMUURAY DIED THERE WAS AN OBITUARY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. HE WAS 84 YEARS OLD AND
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| 00:40:48 |
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THE NEW
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| 00:40:51 |
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YORK TIMES CALLED HIM "THE FISH THAT ATE THE WHALE" BECAUSE HE WAS THE LITTLE GUY WHO TOOK OVER THE LITTLE -- THE BIG GUY. HE SWALLOWED THE BEHEMOTH....
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| 00:41:44 |
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RAILROAD AND ACCORDING TO HONDURAS HE HAD A DEAL WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BUILD THE
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| 00:41:50 |
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RAILROAD TO THE CAPITAL AND HE RENEGED ON IT. ANY TRUTH TO THAT? >> THAT CREATED THE HONDURAS THAT. JOHN TROUTWHINE WHEN HIRED TO BUILD THE
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| 00:42:05 |
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RAILROAD AND INSTEAD WAS PAID BY THE MILE AND WENT AROUND IN CIRCLES AROUND THE LOWLANDS AND YOU SEE BITS OF THAT RAILROAD AND THE THE GRASS. TO THIS...
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| 00:42:33 |
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TODAY'S SESSION. THE BOOK SIGNING WILL BE
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| 00:42:39 |
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TAKING PLACE AROUND THE CORNER. WE WILL NEED EVERYONE TO EXIT PROMPTLY. >> LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PRINTER WITH TEST WILL CONTINUE IN A COUPLE MINUTES. FOR...
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