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These are postcards with an edge

April 26, 2008

SATURDAY PROFILE

These are postcards with an edge

Sheryl Oring sat on a folding chair on a downtown street corner, her fingers poised over the keyboard of her classic Rheinmetall typewriter. Sitting across from her, Maria Theren dictated a message to the next leader of the free world:

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