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of entitlement programs.
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to go to a meeting.
With who?
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ethics committee.
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with my ex-wife.
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I'm a responsible adult.
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Does the White House
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of drug users?
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and marijuana in particular.
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to know if marijuana
can make you sterile.
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so far that marijuana
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on the male or female
reproductive systems.
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that heavy marijuana use
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on male testicular function
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to his doctor.
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marijuana can cause cancer.
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has shown that it does.
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professionalism
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the President's in Tokyo.
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seem to be a little
less work to do
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different hemisphere,
but nonetheless...
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and professionalism.
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of leadership skills.
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well-worded memo.
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the reservation.
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Let's go.
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and watch this.
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you should, too.
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doing an on-line chat.
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talking about?
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talking about?
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60. "Do you favor
the decriminalization
of marijuana?"
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health risk than nicotine
or alcohol..."
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the same addictive properties
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in the health care profession
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it as a Schedule One
narcotic...
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government seal on
a pack of cigarettes."
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didn't get your memo.
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NBC
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to take a look at this.
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of an on-line chat
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just did— page eight.
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80. Toby's headed to his office
and Sam's on the phone.
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right now.
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in a minute.
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no greater public
health risk
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or alcohol...
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addictive properties as...
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categorizes it as..."
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me with this?
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five minutes ago.
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the next 12 hours.
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got a story.
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called AP already—
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the wires.
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the Times and the Post
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102. but LA and San Francisco
will have it
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above the fold.
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will lead with it.
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do a segment...
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meeting.
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developing over there.
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of a situation
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Page eight.
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What were you going to do?
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the computer screen, Toby.
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The Surgeon General.
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talking about?
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What did Griffith do?
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our position
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what time is it in Tokyo?
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11:00 in Tokyo.
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Yes.
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Get Larry and Ed.
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left in my office.
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11:00 in the afternoon?
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until tomorrow morning
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When does he leave?
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theirs or ours?
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Thursday in Japan
when he leaves.
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back in time to what?
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6:00 p.m. Thursday.
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over there.
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yelled at some more.
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to get Leo.
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Call Tokyo.
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less confusing.
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nine hours ahead of
Greenwich Mean Time...
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Could you locate the Chief
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What were you talking
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in 22 newspapers tomorrow.
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and it congratulates them
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Prince of New York.
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they congratulate.
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denounced the movie?
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a couple problems here.
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that little bellman's thing.
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it's important to them
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it's got to be
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There's another good reason.
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He can't
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of longitude.
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Try me.
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but didn't she say...?
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Josh?
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human studies all suggest..."
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pressure once a week?
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and arm?
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little stiffness.
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did a fantastic job.
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manner of things.
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white supremacists
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you eat isn't going to.
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an obligation to
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obligation as well.
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if you're a GP
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of the Stanford Faculty Club
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never more so
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lived here for two years.
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giving you our support.
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but we need you to resign.
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he's going to fire her.
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an executive appointee
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it might have appeared
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didn't denounce it?
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says Bartlet's a coward
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we've got industry people...
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by phone, but...
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going to do it.
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455. Sam...
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456. We're meeting with
these people tomorrow.
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457. I'll straighten things
out with Morgan Ross.
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458. Just keep telling
the press that
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459. you don't know
anything?
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460. That shouldn't be a problem.
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461. Thank you.
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462. Danny Concannon's on
the phone
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463. and I think
you should take it.
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464. Why?
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465. He wants the President's
reaction to a comment
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466. about the situation
with Millicent Griffith.
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468. That's the thing.
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470. It was Eleanor.
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471. Eleanor who?
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472. It was Eleanor Bartlet.
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473. Hey, it's C.J.
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474. Toby, it's not that we don't
understand your predicament
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475. but I'm telling you
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476. the Commission will not be
credible with our people
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477. unless they know there's someone
on it who's a friend of labor.
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478. And a friend
of seniors.
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479. The President's a friend
of labor
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480. a friend of seniors,
a friend of small animals.
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481. Toby...
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482. We're running out
of time, Lenny.
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483. We announced this thing
at the State of the Union.
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484. We've got to
get it going.
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485. The State of the Union's
your problem.
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486. Nobody brought us in.
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487. And I for one
am not sure
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488. I see a need for
emergency-like speed.
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489. Really?
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490. If current economic conditions
continue...
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491. Forever?
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492. If we never have another
recession ever again?
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493. Then the fund can withstand
all of 30 years
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494. before going bankrupt.
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495. Unfortunately, the actuarial
tables say
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496. I won't be dead yet.
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497. Guys, Gillette's
a tough needle to thread.
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498. I want to know that we have
your trust;
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499. that whoever we do get will look
out for your interests
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500. and that you therefore will
support the Commission.
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501. Can I assume
from your total silence
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502. and blank faces that
you're all with me?
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503. Maybe if we talk
some more.
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504. Oh, could we?
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505. Josh.
C.J., listen...
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506. She didn't?
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507. No. Leo's going to need
to talk to her.
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508. In the meantime
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509. you should start
to walk back some
of what you said...
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510. There's something stickier
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511. than the support
I gave her in the
press room.
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512. What?
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513. Danny Concannon's quoting
Eleanor Bartlet.
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514. She said, "My father won't fire
the Surgeon General.
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515. He would never do that."
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516. Eleanor?
Yeah.
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517. You mean Zoey.
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518. No, it was Eleanor.
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519. They're trying
to export their way
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520. out of their own economic
problems.
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521. Yes, sir.
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522. And by dumping low-priced steel
on the U.S.
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523. you know what
they're asking for?
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524. A protectionist response?
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525. They're begging for a
protectionist response.
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526. Steel and mining employ
170,000 workers.
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527. They're not going to
sit around
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528. while discount steel
comes flying into—
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529. How you doing?
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530. They're going to want
retaliatory tariffs
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531. and you know what
that means?
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532. A return to Smoot-Hawley
and the Great Depression.
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533. A return to Smoot-Hawley
and the Great Depression.
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534. You should go
to Japan and tell
them that, sir.
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535. Charlie.
Yes, sir.
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536. Leo, I'm walking over
to the press and telling them
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537. the retaliatory tariffs
are going
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538. to cost American tax payers
$800,000 for every job saved.
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539. We're not taking questions.
Let's get in the car.
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540. What's going on?
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541. Eleanor made a comment
on the record
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542. and you can't answer
questions right now.
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543. Eleanor?
You mean Zoey.
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544. It was Eleanor.
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545. When did this happen?
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546. About six hours ago.
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547. Why didn't you tell
me six hours ago?
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548. 'Cause I didn't want
you crash-landing the plane.
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549. Let's get in the car.
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550. Welcome back, Mr. President.
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551. Josh, is there
anything to suggest
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552. that there are a significant
number of people
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553. who are inclined
to smoke pot but
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554. don't because it's
against the law?
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555. No.
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556. Then why do you think
if it were decriminalized
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557. there'd be a sudden
stampede of people
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558. showing up to work stoned
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559. dragging down the economy and
clearing supermarket aisles
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560. of Pringles and Twinkies?
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561. That's not a reason
to make it legal.
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562. In a free society
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563. you don't need a reason
to make something legal.
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564. You need a reason to
make something illegal.
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565. Donna, parents are keeping drugs
away from their kids
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566. with a whip and a chair.
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567. It doesn't
help them out if...
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568. Yeah.
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569. That's okay,
it's just me talking.
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570. The President's back.
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571. Does he want to see me?
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572. Yeah.
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573. Welcome back,
Mr. President.
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574. Thank you.
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575. I've had it, C.J.,
I've absolutely had it!
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576. What the hell is Danny Concannon
doing calling my kids?
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577. Mr. President...
He knows better than that.
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578. They all know better
than that...
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579. Sir, he didn't...
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580. C.J., you're going to suspend
his credentials
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581. for six months
and I don't give a damn.
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582. His paper wants to cover
the President
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583. they can send someone else.
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584. Mr. President, Danny
didn't call her.
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585. I was told it was Danny.
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586. Yes, sir; she called him.
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587. She called him?
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588. Good evening, welcome back,
Mr. President.
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589. The Allman Brothers, Josh?
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590. How was the flight, sir?
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591. Tokyo is willing to show
economic restraint
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592. in exchange for
a good fielding short-stop
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593. and a left-handed reliever.
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594. Who's against us so far?
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595. The Judiciary Committee,
Government Reform and Oversight
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596. Appropriations...
Why Appropriations?
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597. They control
the Surgeon General's budget.
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598. Who's coming to her defense?
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599. The Cannabis Society,
the Cannabis Coalition
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600. E Cannabis Unum
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601. The American
Hemp League
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602. and Friends of Mary Jane.
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603. Sir?
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604. Yeah.
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605. Sam's waiting to see you.
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606. Yes, I understand
I've been congratulated
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607. for denouncing a movie
I've never heard of.
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608. Yes, sir.
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609. Well, I got to hand it
to you guys.
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610. You've pulled off
a political first.
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611. You've managed to win me the
support of the Christian right
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612. and the Cheech and Chong
fan club in the same day.
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613. Leo's seeing her tomorrow.
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614. Anything else?
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615. No, sir.
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616. Thank you.
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617. Thank you,
Mr. President.
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618. Thank you, Mr. President.
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619. Charlie.
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620. Yes, sir?
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621. Would you arrange
for my middle daughter
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622. to come see me at her
earliest possible convenience?
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623. Yes, sir.
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624. Ah, screw her convenience.
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625. Get her ass down here.
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626. Yeah.
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627. What's this note?
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628. That note?
Yeah.
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629. It says that we should stand by
the Surgeon General.
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630. Actually it says we should
stand by the "Sturgeon" General.
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631. Does it?
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632. Yeah.
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633. I meant Surgeon General.
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634. Well, I think we should
stand by her, too.
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635. I just wanted to make sure
we were agreed
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636. that smoked white fish was
pretty much on its own.
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637. Toby?
Yeah.
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638. She's here?
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639. In the lobby.
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640. You're with the ratings people?
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641. Soon.
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642. What's the food for?
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643. Today's attempt at
insuring our future.
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644. What's your plan?
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645. The first thing
I have to do
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646. is be nice to a liberal
Democratic congresswoman.
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647. Will that be hard?
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648. Well, it was when
I was married to her.
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649. Good to see you;
thanks for coming.
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650. You look fantastic.
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651. Thank you.
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652. How've you been, Sam?
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653. Sam's great.
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654. Fit as a fiddle, Andy.
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655. Although, to tell you
the truth, I found...
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656. Nobody cares.
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657. Yeah.
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658. Hi.
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659. How you doing?
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660. Congresswoman Wyatt.
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661. Yes, indeed.
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662. You are growing into
that title very nicely.
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663. This is going someplace
hysterical.
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664. Yeah.
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665. Labor wants Gillette
on the Commission.
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666. Yes.
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667. So does the AARP.
Yes.
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668. It's important to them.
Yes.
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669. You know why?
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670. 'Cause they've been suspicious
of the Commission
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671. since you announced it
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672. and want one of their people
protecting their interests.
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673. We're one of their people.
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674. Have you had an easy time
convincing them of that
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675. since you announced
the Commission?
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676. No, but I bring you here
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677. and we sit, and
we have coffee
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678. and we have Danish
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679. in the hope that calmer,
and dare I say
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680. prettier heads prevail.
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681. Oh, how I miss
patronizing sexist Toby.
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682. I was referring to myself.
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683. You don't want
to ask Gillette?
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684. No.
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685. 'Cause you think
he might say no?
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686. Right; this is
really important, Andy.
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687. Can you help us?
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688. No.
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689. Toby?
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690. Close the door.
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691. Put the Danish down.
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692. Dial M.
Yeah.
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693. A fine film.
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694. I know it well.
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695. Ray Milland, Grace Kelly,
Robert Cummings.
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696. He likes the part
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697. where the guy
looks for the key.
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698. And what was
the other one about?
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699. Prince of New York?
Yeah.
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700. It's an updated version
of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot
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701. which tells the story of a
Christ-like epileptic young man
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702. who embodies goodness
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703. but encounters sex, crime
and family dysfunction.
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704. It's hard to image why you
didn't think the President
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705. would enjoy that, Charlie.
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706. Well, he would've especially
enjoyed the scene
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707. where the Prince Myshkin
character has a seizure
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708. while engaging in
erotic fantasy
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709. in a Long Island church.
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710. Charlie, please don't
say the word "erotic"
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711. in the Oval Office.
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712. I'd be happy
not to say any of those words
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713. anywhere ever again.
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714. John Williams as Chief
Inspector Hubbard.
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715. Not to mention...
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716. Excuse me.
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717. Ellie.
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718. I was told my father
wanted to see me.
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719. Let me ask you this:
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720. Red meat has been found
to cause cancer in white rats.
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721. Maraschino cherries have been
found to cause cancer
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722. in white rats.
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723. Cellular phones have been found
to cause cancer in white rats.
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724. Has anyone examined
the possibility
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725. that cancer might be
hereditary in white rats?
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726. Let me tell you something.
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727. I'm not 100% sure
we've ruled that out.
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728. Dr. Griffith.
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729. I'm on.
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730. Congratulations, Milly.
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731. You're now the pamphlet girl
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732. for every right wing
fund-raising cause.
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733. That interview's
got to be worth at least
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734. 20-30 million bucks
in contributions
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735. from people who think
you're going to distribute
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736. dime bags of Hawaiian sens
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737. at junior high schools
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738. along with condoms
and fornication manuals.
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739. Can I say, I
was never given
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740. a fornication
manual, so...
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741. You think this is funny?
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742. I think that we're spending
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743. $8 billion a year
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744. keeping more than 40,000 people
locked up.
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745. That's not your...
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746. I know, that's not
my jurisdiction
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747. which is why I never commented
on decriminalization.
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748. Six different committee chairs—
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749. three in the House,
three in the Senate—
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750. are all talking about hearings.
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751. What are they
going to find?
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752. They don't need
to find anything.
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753. They just need to say
your name and "drugs"
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754. as many times
as possible on television.
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755. I don't think
you said anything wrong.
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756. Nobody with a brain
thinks you did anything wrong.
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757. And I'd like to do the right
thing all the time but I can't.
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758. I can't let us get bogged down
in this crap.
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759. Government will stop.
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760. This'll be what we do
for two months
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761. and there are more important
things than that.
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762. I'll take the heat from
the First Lady but I want
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763. your resignation
by 8:00 tonight
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764. or the President's
going to fire you.
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765. I've got
a meeting.
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766. Thanks.
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767. Zoey said you were
thinking about Oncology.
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768. Excuse me?
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769. Zoey said you were thinking
about oncology.
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770. Yeah... or neurology.
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771. He's just tied up in this
meeting down the hall.
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772. I'm fine.
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773. They said he should be back
any minute.
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774. I'm... good.
Yeah.
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775. You like medical school?
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776. I do.
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777. I like my professors.
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778. I have a pathophysiology
professor
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779. who teaches
clinical skills by...
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780. Eagle's moving.
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781. $800,000 in consumer costs
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782. per job saved.
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783. Retaliatory tariffs
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784. on steel imports
are a disaster.
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785. Anyone wants to check my math,
they're more than welcome to.
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786. Anybody wants to shove
the Golden Gate Bridge
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787. up Japan's ass, they're more
than welcome to do that, too.
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788. Mr. President?
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789. Oh... thank you.
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790. Ellie, thanks for coming.
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791. Hi, Dad.
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792. Come on in.
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793. Did you get down
here okay?
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794. Yeah.
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795. Did you take
an airplane?
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796. An airplane?
Yeah.
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797. No.
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798. A helicopter?
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799. No, the agents drove me.
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800. That's 'cause you go to school
at Johns Hopkins, right?
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801. Dad...
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802. And Johns Hopkins
is in Baltimore.
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803. I'm asking 'cause
Baltimore's a
45-minute car ride
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804. from Washington, D.C.
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805. and we hardly see you anymore.
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806. So I thought
either you transferred
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807. to a different
medical school;
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808. they moved
Johns Hopkins
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809. or they moved Baltimore.
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810. Are any of those things true?
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811. No.
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812. Okay, and this is
accurate, right?
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813. This quote: "My father won't
fire the Surgeon General.
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814. He would never do that."
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815. Yes.
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816. Eleanor...
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817. when you put your head down,
your hair falls in your face
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818. and I can't see your face
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819. and I can't hear
what you're saying.
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820. Now look at me and talk to me.
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821. Yes, the quote is accurate.
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822. What the hell are you doing
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823. talking to
a reporter?
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824. I have set up
I was...
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825. monumental, unprecedented
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826. unbreakable rules about my
children and the press.
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827. I have gotten White
House reporters
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828. transferred to Yemen
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829. for approaching Zoey
and Elizabeth.
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830. It is the law!
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831. Well, I'm sure
before you gave the quote
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832. you cleared it with
the Communications Office.
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833. I'm sure you went over the exact
wording with C.J. Cregg
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834. and coordinated it
with White House strategy
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835. so that the timing
was right
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836. in the news cycle.
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837. I'm certain
you consulted
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838. the appropriate
party leadership
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839. because you're a pretty
knowledgeable operative
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840. having spent so
much time with me.
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841. Ellie...
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842. What?
Dad, she was...
she was...
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843. Pick your head up.
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844. She was doing exactly
what she is supposed to do.
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845. She... I'm sorry.
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846. She was asked a question
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847. and she said what she knew
to be true.
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848. And when you start firing
doctors for that
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849. you've crossed
a line somewhere.
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850. There is politics involved
in this, Ellie
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851. and you knew it
would make me unhappy
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852. and that's why you did it
and that's cheap.
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853. I didn't do it
to make you unhappy, Dad.
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854. You didn't do it
to make me happy.
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855. I don't know how
to make you happy, Dad.
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856. For that, you got to talk
to Zoey or Liz.
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857. Okay, let's drop it.
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858. Mom gets back
first thing in the morning
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859. and we're running
a movie tonight
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860. if you want to stay over.
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861. I can stay over
if you want me to.
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862. Yeah, thanks.
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863. I go out...?
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864. That door over there.
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865. Mr. President?
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866. Yeah.
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867. The Labor Secretary.
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868. Send him in.
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869. Charlie...
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870. Give me just a minute,
would you?
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871. Yes, sir.
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872. Look...
Hang on a second!
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873. No, I will
not hang on!
Yes, you will.
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874. You will summon
your strength
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875. and you will listen
to me for a moment.
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876. You guys made a hairpin turn
at the State of the Union
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877. and you did it without
consulting a whole lot
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878. of members of the liberal wing
of the Democratic Party.
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879. Sad to say, Andrea,
there aren't a whole
lot of members
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880. of the liberal wing
of the Democratic Party.
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881. So you'll forgive some people
if they're concerned
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882. that one of the options
you're going to explore
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883. is raising the retirement age.
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884. Andy, people are
living decades longer
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885. than anyone anticipated
in 1935.
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886. So you are considering.
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887. We want to consider everything
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888. but we can't consider
anything unless...
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889. Why does this have
to happen in secret?
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890. 'Cause it's the only way
it's going to happen.
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891. 'Cause you can't...
solve Social Security
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892. and ask people to run for
election at the same time.
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893. So why not give politicians
some cloud cover
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894. and let them be
lawmakers for a while?
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895. 15 people in a room
with the door closed.
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896. Seven Democrats,
seven Republicans
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897. and the President of the United
States who will not have a vote
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898. and they walk out of that room
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899. and with one voice, they
make a recommendation
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900. to Congress and the
American people.
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901. And nobody knows
who was where.
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902. The only way it's going
to happen is in secret.
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903. And the only way it's
going to happen is
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904. if all the sides are confident
in their representation.
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905. Otherwise, it's dead.
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906. And so, I need Seth Gillette
on the Commission
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907. but I can't ask him,
'cause if he says no
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908. there'll be no Commission!
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909. Anyway... I appreciate your
coming down and talking to me.
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910. I like when you ask
for my help, Toby.
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911. Listen, I read
in the paper
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912. that I'm on the
benefit committee
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913. for the Child
Leukemia Foundation.
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914. Yeah, I saw that, too.
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915. Why do you suppose
the paper wrote that?
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916. I don't know; I guess
they must have gotten it
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917. from that press release
I sent them.
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918. I guess they must have.
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919. You didn't think it'd be a
better idea to ask me first?
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920. I really didn't.
Interesting.
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921. I've found that when I skip
over that first step
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922. and move right
to the second step
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923. it becomes a lot harder
for people to say no.
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924. Listen, you'll have fun,
you'll look nice in your tuxedo
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925. you don't have to stay,
you don't have...
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926. Toby?
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927. Skip over the first step
and move right to the second.
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928. Toby.
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929. Hey, Andy.
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930. Hey, C.J.
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931. Toby, when you
have a minute
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932. can you stop by
the office and...
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933. What?
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934. C.J., tomorrow
morning, I want you
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935. to announce that
Seth Gillette's joined
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936. the Blue Ribbon Commission
on Social Security.
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937. Toby...
Make sure
the press knows
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938. the Senator put
the Democratic Party
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939. above personal differences
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940. and that he put
people above all.
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941. Make sure they know
that he's a patriot
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942. and when the President
asked him to serve
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943. Senator Gillette
answered the call.
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944. Did he?
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945. Yeah. I just saw it
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946. at your press briefing
tomorrow morning.
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947. Okay, but this is really
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948. the last thing I'm doing
before I quit.
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949. Okay.
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950. ED:
It's like checking
the sugar and fat content
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951. on a box of cereal.
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952. We bend over backwards
to help parents make choices.
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953. We put V-chips in TVs
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954. warning labels on records,
TV shows, film ads...
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955. And when we do, we suffer
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956. because our products become
demonized and marginalized
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957. and every ten years,
the Government asks
for something more.
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958. The only reason we have to come
to you every ten years is that
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959. the situation
isn't getting any better.
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960. When's the Government
going to ask the NFL
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961. Can I talk to you?ockey League
Sure. Come on.
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962. He's wrong in there,
by the way.
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963. The situation hasn't
stayed the same.
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964. There's been a 28% drop
in juvenile crime
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965. the last five years
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966. ten percent drop in the
overall crime rate.
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967. I don't care.
Why?
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968. 'Cause the American Academy
of Pediatrics, the AMA
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969. the American Psychological
Association all say
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970. that watching violence on TV
is bad for kids
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971. and we're going to listen
to the experts.
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972. I'll remember that
tomorrow morning
when I read
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973. in the paper the Surgeon
General's been fired.
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974. Remember it
whenever you like.
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975. What is he seeing tonight?
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976. Dial M for Murder.
Good
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977. 'cause Hitchcock never used
sex or violence in his films.
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978. Yeah. Morgan, the President's
never seen your movie.
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979. He's never heard
of your movie.
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980. He has no particular objection
to your movie and you know it.
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981. The Family Values
Leadership Council
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982. seems to see
it differently.
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983. Gloriosky, Morgan, the Family
Values Leadership Council
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984. distorted the truth;
stop the presses.
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985. Well, thanks
to that ad
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986. I've got exhibitors
in Mississippi
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987. Oklahoma and Alabama
pulling the film.
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988. I've read the press synopsis
of the film
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989. and if exhibitors put you
on every screen
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990. of every multiplex
in every mall
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991. you still wouldn't
do any business
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992. in Mississippi,
Oklahoma or Alabama.
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993. You're an industry expert now?
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994. No, but you are, which explains
a lot to me about Hollywood.
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995. And you know the ad
was going to get you
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996. more business than you lost
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997. and that's why you went on Imus
and said what you did.
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998. I'm here for a Sam
Seaborn scolding?
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999. Yeah. 'Cause it makes
me crazy, Morgan.
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1000. This is exactly the kind of
thing that should be celebrated
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1001. by First Amendment advocates.
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1002. The guy was offered a choice
and he made one.
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1003. Why aren't you standing up
and saying, "See it works!
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1004. "You don't need to ban movies
like Prince of New York.
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1005. You just have to choose
not to watch them."
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1006. And, Morgan, you ever call
the President a coward again
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1007. for your own P.R. purposes
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1008. it's not going to be C.J. Cregg
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1009. you got to deal with,
it's going to be me.
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1010. You understand
what I'm saying, right?
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1011. Yes.
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1012. Now, why don't you go back
to your meeting and show me
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1013. how much you want
to make it up to us?
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1014. Good job.
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1015. Hello?
This isn't good.
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1016. What?
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1017. The President's
not talking.
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1018. There's a movie on.
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1019. He usually talks
during the movie.
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1020. Hello?
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1021. Hello!
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1022. Good evening.
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1023. Good evening, Mr. President.
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1024. I'm sorry about this.
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1025. Yes, sir.
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1026. Is that your resignation?
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1027. Yes, sir.
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1028. Thank you.
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1029. On thinking about it,
I felt your firing me
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1030. would send a dangerous signal
to whomever had my job next.
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1031. Did you not think
that playing down
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1032. the dangers of drug use sent
a dangerous signal as well?
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1033. I do not believe
that is what I did, sir.
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1034. I was asked, by and large,
if marijuana holds the same
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1035. addictive properties
as heroin or LSD.
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1036. It does not.
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1037. I was asked if marijuana
poses a greater health risk
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1038. than nicotine or alcohol,
and in my opinion, it does not.
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1039. And I believe if you look
at the transcript...
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1040. Milly, did you put her up to it?
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1041. Sir?
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1042. "My father won't fire
the Surgeon General.
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1043. He would never do that."
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1044. You didn't put
her up to it?
No, sir.
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1045. You didn't pick up the phone
after Josh came to see you
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1046. and say, "Ellie,
it's your godmother.
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1047. Let's stick it to your old man
and paint him into a corner"?
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1048. No, sir.
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1049. Why haven't I ever been able
to get her to like me?
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1050. I'm asking you.
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1051. Sir, I'm not sure
it's appropriate...
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1052. I'm asking you.
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1053. I think you're wrong.
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1054. I'm not.
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1055. She worships you,
Mr. President.
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1056. She's mad at me.
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1057. Well, you're mad at her.
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1058. Yes, I am.
Sir...
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1059. I was running for President,
where the hell was she?
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1060. She was with us.
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1061. Not like Zoey and Liz.
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1062. Sir...
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1063. She's always belonged to Abbey.
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1064. You frightened her.
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1065. No, I didn't.
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1066. Sir...
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1067. How did I frighten her?
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1068. Jed, look where you're standing!
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1069. I was elected two years ago,
she's 24 years old.
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1070. You've been the king of whatever
room you've walked into
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1071. her entire life.
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1072. It never seemed
to intimidate Zoey or Liz.
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1073. Well, kids are different;
they're not the same.
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1074. You'd be amazed,
you'd be stunned
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1075. at how soon they understand
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1076. they're not their
father's favorite.
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1077. That's not true.
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1078. Sir...
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1079. That's not true.
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1080. Mr. President...
No, no, no.
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1081. I will bear
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1082. with the nonsense
of the Christian right
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1083. and the Hollywood left
and the AFL-CIO
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1084. and the AARP
and the Cannabis
Society and Japan
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1085. but I will not stand
and allow someone to tell me
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1086. that I love one of my children
less than the others.
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1087. She's frightened of me?
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1088. She ain't the only one.
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1089. I wanted to be so mad at her.
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1090. I heard the news
and my first thought...
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1091. My God, King Lear
is a good play.
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1092. "My father won't fire
the Surgeon General.
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1093. He would never do that."
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1094. I wanted to be so mad at her...
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1095. but the truth is...
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1096. it's the nicest thing
she's ever said about me.
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1097. Well...
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1098. Good night, sir.
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1099. Good night.
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1100. Hey, Doc.
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1101. Sir.
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1102. I don't accept.
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1103. I'm sorry, sir?
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1104. I don't accept your resignation.
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1105. Sir, I appreciate that,
but Leo's right.
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1106. This shouldn't stop you
from doing the bigger things...
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1107. These are the bigger things.
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1108. I don't accept your resignation.
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1109. You work for me.
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1110. You go when I tell you to.
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1111. You're an excellent role model
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1112. Mr. President.
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1113. Yes, I know.
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1114. So you're back.
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1115. Yes, indeed.
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1116. Tell C.J. when
she gives Milly
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1117. our support on Monday,
she can mean it.
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1118. You know, it's going
to seem to some people
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1119. like you did it 'cause
your daughter asked you to.
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1120. Yeah.
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1121. You know, Josh, I think
if you ever have a daughter
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1122. you're going to discover
there are worse reasons
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1123. in the world
to do something.
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1124. Sit down; we're coming
to the good part.
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1125. What's he doing?
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1126. He's wondering why
that key doesn't fit.
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1127. He's going round to the back
entrance; he stopped again.
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1128. How you doing?
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1129. Hmm?
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1130. I said,
how you doing?
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1131. Fine.
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1132. You know, we're coming up
to the good part.
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1133. Dad, people are trying
to watch the movie.
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1134. You want to bet me your tuition
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1135. no one in this room's
going to shush me?
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1136. I hear you're thinking
about ophthalmology.
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1137. Oncology.
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1138. Why do you want
to study people's feet?
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1139. That's podiatry.
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1140. Then what's
children's medicine?
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1141. Pediatrics.
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1142. I thought it was obstetrics.
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1143. That's pregnant women.
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1144. And what's
the study of feet?
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1145. Dad, you're not going
to get me to laugh.
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1146. Really?
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1147. The only thing you ever
had to do to make me happy
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1148. was come home
at the end of the day.
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1149. As you said, Mark, it might
work out on paper, but, uh...
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1150. congratulations, Inspector.
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1151. Oh, by the way...
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1152. So, endocrinology
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1153. would be what, disorders
of the gallbladder?
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1154. Thyroid.
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1155. I am pretty sure
you're wrong about that.
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1156. I think endocrinology
is your subspecialty
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1157. of internal medicine devoted
to the digestive system.
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1158. That would be gastroenterology.
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1159. Are you sure it's not
nephrology, immunology
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1160. cardiology or dermatology?
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1161. Just stop it.
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1162. I'm trying to
watch the movie.
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1163. Okay.
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1164. Here comes the good part.
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1165. [Captioning sponsored by
NBC
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1166. WARNER BROS. TELEVISION
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1167. and "TOYOTA
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