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2.87sand this little town of ours couldn't be more abuzz.
2.5sOh, my God, this is gonna be so amazing!
2.7sIt's all anybody in my class is talking about.
2.27sDarn it, why is this so hard?
1.37sWhat's wrong, Chris?
4.94sJust 'cause Obama's coming, everybody in my English class has to write a stupid essay about hope.
2.28sBut this is all I can come up with.
2.97sChris, this is just a shaded-in triangle and the word "muff."
1.8sFor God's sakes, Meg, it's a first draft.
1.78sJust tell me if you think the tone is right.
1.43sWell, I don't know what this is,
1.67sbut it's not what hope is about, Chris.
4.34sWell, if you're such a genius, you tell me what hope is.
5.67sHope is what gets you out of bed in the morning when it's the day of prom and you haven't been asked.
4.9sHope pushes the caterpillar through the cocoon and drives the salmon upstream.