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A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. that's terribly troubling to me.
-Charles Kuralt
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A Country So Rich That It Can

Charles Kuralt
A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. that's terribly troubling to me.
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