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Obama's Victory Speech 02
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Obama's Victory Speech 01
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PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA:
Hello Chicago
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still...
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Frank McCourt14: On escaping the signs of poverty
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What were you thinking when you came to America at the age of 19. Out of this background, full of anger at your circumstances, at the church, at the lack of opportunity, wh...
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Frank McCourt13: On poverty and despair
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Frank McCourt13: We didn't want to look like we came from the lane So when I was growing up I wasn't particularly proud of it.
None of us were when we finally left. Even ...
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Frank McCourt12: Did it ever occur to you that you were making an epic tale?
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Did it ever occur to you that this was the makings of some epic tale?
Frank McCourt: Oh, no. Far from it. We were all ashamed of this. You didn't go out into the world a...
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Frank McCourt11: I had typhoid. Yeah
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Frank McCourt: I had typhoid. Yeah, because there was a lavatory that we all shared in this lane. All the families came and emptied their buckets. They used the bucket in t...
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Superball XLII42 Highs & Lows02
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Frank McCourt10: Friday nights' vigil..
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But then my father would ruin the whole thing with his drinking. He really drove my mother to the wall. He drove her into a nearly fatal depression with the drinking. If he...
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Frank McCourt09: On Limerick army widows, Story-telling, not taking a test...
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A lot of the women in Limerick were widows from the British Army. They used to get pension payments and if you brought a telegram from somebody else wishing them "Merry Chr...
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Frank McCourt08: So you left school when you were 14?...Yeah, I was actually 13 when I was finished.
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So you left school when you were 14?
Frank McCourt: Yeah, I was actually 13 when I was finished.
What did a 13-year old do?
Frank McCourt: A 13-year old waited unt...
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