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Episode 184: Betty Robinson

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'Billie Robinson'

betty robinson died in 19 97 at the age of 87. At 22 she had just been the fastest woman on earth. She now has four years to figure out how to get it all back. If this were a movie, and say it probably should be, you'd want a scene here. The next morning after that, some one else wins the 100. When she realizes how she's going to get it back, maybe she drops the bracelet that general mc arthur had given her after he victory four years before. It is there on the floor in a streak of light that comes through the curtains, and she cannot bend to pick it up. She just cannot do it. And

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