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samplegirl

(11,477 posts)
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 02:23 PM Sep 2020

From the words of Dan Rather an exert

from his new book....”What Unites Us”

I hold such high regards for Dan Rather this lifted my spirit today.

Trying to hold onto the positive.
The art of history is long, complicated and beyond any of our ability to fully comprehend. But life has taught me things that are seldom as bad or good as they appear at any given moment of time.

Dan Rather

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From the words of Dan Rather an exert (Original Post) samplegirl Sep 2020 OP
Sadly, I'm hearing echoes of Jim McKay at the end of rsdsharp Sep 2020 #1
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rsdsharp

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1. Sadly, I'm hearing echoes of Jim McKay at the end of
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 02:33 PM
Sep 2020

the 1972 hostage crisis at the Olympics. His father always told him our greatest hopes and worst fears are rarely realized. He then had to announce the hostages had been killed: “They’re all gone.”

If our worst fears are realized this time, the country will be gone.

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