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In 1967 i entered harvard as a freshman, confident - in the way that only 17-year-olds are - that i could change the world. my major was african studies, and my plan was to travel to tanzania, where president julius nyerere was creating a government based on democracy and socialism.
-Bonnie Raitt
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In 1967 I Entered Harvard As A

Bonnie Raitt
In 1967 i entered harvard as a freshman, confident - in the way that only 17-year-olds are - that i could change the world. my major was african studies, and my plan was to travel to tanzania, where president julius nyerere was creating a government based on democracy and socialism.
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