The Memory Palace
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14 september 14, zero, zero, one and at least one man from the president's youth advisory council, a am mary oa. There were supposed to be others, but others refused, said they didn't want to be used as props by the nixon administration. The numbers were drawn from blue capsules, drawn from a clear bowl, in full view of the camera so no one could call foul on the process. Later there would be a study, a statistical analysis that ested the drawing of dates wasn't truly random,. That december birthdays weren't picked often enough, early enough. But the numbers called on that friday night in the winter of 69 would
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