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	CNN says 84-year-old woman is fortunate to be waiting tables

Lexica

4-9-2009 9:30 PM

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4-9-2009 9:46 PM

chestnut501

Disgusting

4-10-2009 6:56 AM

clip-on-tie

CNN also staged videos when Hamas started firing rockets at Israel. But who's listening to them, right?

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Thelma Gutierrez introduces us to Mildred Copeland, an 84-year old woman still working as a waitress to earn a living.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/09/cnn-says-84-year-old-woma_n_185212.html"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y4icbu4zFJk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" sap="flash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/09/cnn-says-84-year-old-woma_n_185212.html"><P>You wouldn't think that finding yourself needing to wait tables at the age of 84 would be a fortunate set of circumstances.  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