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'I have to live somewhere and this is my home.'

--Raisa Stradayeva, 62, a resident of Svetilovichi, a village in Belarus that activists say is still, contaminated contaminated,
v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material.
2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials.
3. an infective surface or object.
 by radiation, 18 years after the reactor at Chernobyl in neighboring Ukraine exploded. (The New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Times, Nov. 15)

'I've done my time. I've got a brand new baby and a wife, and I haven't touched the controls of an aircraft in seven years.'

--Rick Howell, 47, who left the Army in 1997 after more than a decade of service, on being called to active duty. (The New York Times, Nov. 16)

'Why not? With my way of thinking, you always shoot for the top.'

--Austrian-born California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] , when asked on 60 Minutes if he favors amending the U.S. Constitution to allow foreign-born citizens to run for President. (Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times

Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name).
, Oct. 29)
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Title Annotation:Soundbites
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Date:Dec 13, 2004
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