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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NOW-Update@www.thirteen.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NOW Newsletter - 10.10.08: Driven to Despair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Reinventing
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and live? A transportation expert gives her prescription for creating a 21st
century infrastructure.<br>
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