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November 23, 2010 in
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Leona SalazarTags: Brooklyn, Buchen, Constitution, Dakar, Ellis Island, Founding Fathers, Germany, homelessness, Muscatel Meadows, new york, Seattle, Senegal, Tabaski, Thanksgiving
I have lots to be thankful for and consider myself a very lucky lady. I’m married to the “bestest husband in the entire universe” and have a fantastic sister-in-law who’s more like a sister to me, her three children and their spouses, and my four grandnephews and two grandnieces. In addition, I have other family…
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October 30, 2010 in
CultureTags: 1980's, 48 hours, classic, crack, culture, Dan Rather, documentary, drugs, new york, prime time
This is the second segment in a special three part series of a groundbreaking documentary that aired in 1986. [bitsontherun krWEZrYT]
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October 20, 2010 in
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FeaturedTags: 1980's, 48 hours, classic, crack, culture, Dan Rather, documentary, drugs, new york, prime time
This was groundbreaking TV Journalism that first aired in 1986 by CBS News And it was my first major reporting assignment on prime time television … None of us who reported this story — the introduction of crack cocaine into our culture — wrote a script. There were no voice overs, also known as narration….
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