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in the world.”



               We won the game, and that


       touchdown play was the talk of the



       night.  I hoped the girl I liked had


       heard it.  The next day, I went to visit



       her.  I asked her if the radio


       announcer had described my



       incredible play.  She nodded


       enthusiastically.



               “And we could hear your team’s


       excitement because the radio



       announcer was right by them.”



               “Yeah,” her grinning mother


       chimed in.  “And we couldn’t miss


       your other fifteen minutes of fame



       during the two previous plays as your



       coach described you to the world in
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