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It was very disturbing to learn
from Vice President Gore in the first debate that some senior citizens have to travel to Canada for prescription drugs, and that some old lady has to pick up soda cans from the streets to supplement her income.
In the richest nation on earth, this situation is disgusting, seeing that he (Mr. Gore) •has been in politics for 24 years, the last eight of which have been spent in the second high
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