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4.1sOur first essayist will be Lisa Simpson.
3.47sLisa? Lisa?
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3.62sOh, there she is.
2.77sLisa Simpson will now read her essay--
2.95sI would like to read a different essay, if I may?
2.15sUm-- Okay.
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3.02sThe city of Washington was built on a stagnant swamp...
3.95ssome 200 years ago and very little has changed.
3.02sIt stank then and it stinks now.
4.4sOnly today, it is the fetid stench of corruption that hangs in the air.
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2.35sCool! A ruckus.