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4.15sa 35-year-old "Springfieldite" who has earned everything the hard way,
3.07sbut never let adversity get him down.
2.12sAbandoned by his parents at age four,
2.54sFrank never got to go to school.
2.7sHe spent his childhood years as a delivery boy,
3.34sdelivering toys to more fortunate children.
1.98sThen, on his 18th birthday,
3.04she was blown up in a silo explosion.
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2.32sDuring his long recuperation, he taught himself to hear...
2.25sand feel pain again.
2.45sAs the years passed, he used his few leisure moments each day...
3sto study science by mail.
1.73sAnd, last week, Frank Grimes,
3.2sthe man who had to struggle for everything he ever got,
4.05sreceived his correspondence school diploma in nuclear physics--
3.07swith a minor in determination.
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3.25sThat's the kind of man I need on my team, Smithers--
2.15sA real scrapper.