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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Fri Mar 16, 2018, 11:54 AM Mar 2018

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter of NY has passed.

RIP

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/16/594262378/louise-slaughter-trailblazer-in-congress-dies-at-88

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Congresswoman Louise Slaughter of NY has passed. (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Mar 2018 OP

............................... gopiscrap Mar 2018 #1

Hi Grits malaise Mar 2018 #2

Upstate NY lost a giant advocate. Historic NY Mar 2018 #3

I did not know she had a PhD in malaise Mar 2018 #4

gopiscrap

(23,726 posts)

1. ...............................

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Fri Mar 16, 2018, 11:59 AM

Mar 2018

malaise

(268,724 posts)

2. Hi Grits

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Fri Mar 16, 2018, 12:01 PM

Mar 2018

I hadn't read anything about her recently.
A fall at any age is bad, but at her age recovery is unlikely. She served for a long time.
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You're had enough bad news yourself - good to see you.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)

3. Upstate NY lost a giant advocate.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2018, 12:30 PM

Mar 2018

malaise

(268,724 posts)

4. I did not know she had a PhD in

Reply to Historic NY (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 16, 2018, 12:47 PM

Mar 2018

Microbiology - caring and smart.

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