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Mon Sep-18-06 11:25 AM
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President Gore speech official thread |
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:26 AM
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:38 AM
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:44 AM
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5. I hope he announces his candidacy. |
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:42 AM
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3. Here we go, President of the University doing the intro nt |
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:43 AM
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4. thanks for commentary thread |
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my computer at work is a dinosaur, can't update the real media player... yadda yadda yadda
ennywhooo-- THANK-YOU!!!!
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:47 AM
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7. Same here, I have chipmunks running on a conveyor belt to power it, |
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I am talking old, no sound, please let me know when we have a transcript.
Kicked and recommended for President Gore:patriot:
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:19 PM
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Edited on Mon Sep-18-06 12:19 PM by cyberpj
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:46 AM
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6. direct realplayer stream |
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:49 AM
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8. tuned in and recommended |
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:50 AM
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:52 AM
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10. Good thing lunch is still cooking |
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otherwise I'd be losing it right now.
I want to hear Gore, not Woolsey.
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:56 AM
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11. So far his speech is kind of funny. Who woulda thunk it. |
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Edited on Mon Sep-18-06 11:57 AM by Pirate Smile
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:59 AM
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12. Let us know when the PNAC shill isn't puking, I mean speaking. |
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Edited on Mon Sep-18-06 12:00 PM by Beelzebud
I expected Gore and got PNAC instead.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:06 PM
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:06 PM
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15. Da Man has walked on stage! |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:06 PM
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The President of the United States :patriot:
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:07 PM
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:07 PM
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16. President Gore is speaking. |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:07 PM
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18. He just makes me smile. |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:11 PM
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19. First he thanked everyone, now he's talking about the tipping point |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:12 PM
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20. Each passing day, new studies show we are facing a climate |
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crisis that needs to be addressed immediately. The debate is now how we can craft emergency solutions to avoid catastrophic disasters.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:15 PM
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21. Is anybody else not getting any sound? |
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The picture is fine but I can't get sound.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:16 PM
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23. The sound disappears but comes back for me |
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I'm also getting frozen screens from time to time.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:16 PM
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22. He does a good Arnold |
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saying he was going to sell his hummer....
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:17 PM
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24. Ahnold said that after seeing Gore's movie |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:18 PM
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25. One way trading, our money is going elsewhere |
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We need to be the lead in a new economy focusing on alternative/new energy.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:19 PM
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27. Such a refreshing change to listen to someone INTELLIGENT. nt |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:25 PM
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32. It makes me want to cry |
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especially when I think of the Chimp and David Gregory exchange last week.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:19 PM
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28. People not getting information they need to make real choices |
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filtering, censorship of our best scientists trying to warn us of impending disaster.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:20 PM
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29. In order for the rest of the world to take action, America needs to take |
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control. The rest of the world still sees as the leader despite our "moral lapses".
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:21 PM
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30. We need to immediately freeze CO2 levels |
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clear, simple and easy to understand.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:23 PM
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31. Adimitted he was against nuclear freeze but realized he was wrong |
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because he listened to what people were saying.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:28 PM
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33. We need greater efficiency in how we make, transport and use energy |
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There are a lot of options to reduce pollution and costs.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:31 PM
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34. The internal combusion engine is inherently inefficient |
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over 90% of the energy is wasted.
No fuzzy math here.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:33 PM
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35. Damn, had to step out to make Mum's dinner |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:35 PM
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36. need to get off large grids, make energy more regional |
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made an analogy to the internet (which he didn't invent).
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:35 PM
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A distributed energy network. I like it!
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:43 PM
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43. Thanks for transcribing Mabus n/t |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:46 PM
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45. I figure there's the cube rats and people like you with old computers |
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Just trying to be a good DU'er
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:37 PM
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38. National dipstick, Al? |
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I thought he was in the White House :evilgrin:
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:38 PM
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40. I think that's what pops into most people's minds. |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:41 PM
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42. Price manipulation by Saudi Arabia and Big Oil to kill alternate energy... |
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He didn't name the Saudis by name, but it's clear that's who he meant.
Al gets the Big Picture.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:38 PM
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39. Our national dipstick! |
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:rofl:
We need a national oil change. Just look at our national dipstick! Naturally my first thought was Bush.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:48 PM
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48. I actually think that's a clever visual for the general public. |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:40 PM
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we can revitalize the farm economy from shifting it from food, feed, fiber to food, feed, fiber and fuel. (I think I forget an "f")
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:45 PM
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44. I'm e-mailing KO about this speech |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:47 PM
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46. Connie Mae program--freaking BRILLIANT |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:48 PM
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49. I had to go let the dogs out |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:52 PM
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52. special mortgage financing to make homes more carbon-neutral |
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Financing would come from projected future energy savings as a result of improvements.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:53 PM
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54. He takes my breathe away. |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:48 PM
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47. Doesn't want nuclear power: problems with waste, vulnerability (re attacks |
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They expensive, take a long time to build and only come in one size.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:49 PM
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50. no nuke plants means no availability to terrorists n/t |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:51 PM
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51. The role of coal is rapidly increasing, but carbon capture and sequestrati |
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is expensive but the costs of not using it is much higher.
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:53 PM
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53. "clean coal technology" is meaningless phrase unless the CO2 is zero |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:54 PM
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55. advocates elimination of all payroll taxes to be replaced w/taxes on CO2 |
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:55 PM
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56. forces companies to lower CO2 levels doesn't penalize employment |
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What is the price of the planet's habitability?
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Mon Sep-18-06 12:58 PM
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57. my thought: imagine the health benefits as the environment becomes |
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:00 PM
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59. I imagine, they could save money on the sky rocketing cost of |
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insurance and medical care.
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:01 PM
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61. It's a defintely a win-win |
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Mon Sep-18-06 04:09 PM
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69. Is this policy documented in Gore's book "An Inconvenient Truth"? |
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...anybody? I want to know about this and about carbon trading.
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Mon Sep-18-06 05:35 PM
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71. I don't remember it being in there |
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I'd look it up but someone has borrowed our copy of it. I don't think it was though.
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:00 PM
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58. As people become more aware they are voluntarily reducing carbon |
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footprints. Ballard, WA has goal of making entire community zero carbon.
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:00 PM
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60. It is not a question of right and left it is a question of right and wrong |
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:06 PM
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Really appreciating the play by play.
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:08 PM
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67. It kept cutting in and out |
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but I was trying to give the gist of what he was saying. Man, oh man, he is such a powerful speaker.
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:03 PM
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62. I keep holding out the hope he'll end the speech with |
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"I announce that I will seek my Party's nomination for President of the United States."
S'pose a boy can dream *sigh* :)
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:05 PM
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64. Not until after the book is out next year |
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That's what I'm thinking/hoping
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:04 PM
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63. Talking about moral authority |
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and the America we used to be proud of.
Helping those we defeated. We now need to take the lead. He's talking about AIDS, genocide, environmental rape, diseases - by rising to meet the climate crisis, we will see the other problems as moral ones, not political ones.
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Mon Sep-18-06 04:21 PM
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70. not something the Corp Television Media wants to talk about now, is it? |
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:07 PM
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66. Oh, shoot! I missed it. :( |
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Mon Sep-18-06 01:09 PM
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68. It will be archived on the nyu.edu site |
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for viewing in your leisure.
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