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In Russia, as I sat there day after day wearing headphones, listening to the interpreter struggle to make our words relevant, I wondered if we could establish meaningful rapport with a nation that had never seen raisins dance in dark glasses on TV...never had a garage sale.
In Russia, as I sat there day after day wearing headphones, listening to the interpreter struggle to make our words relevant, I wondered if we could establish meaningful rapport with a nation that had never seen raisins dance in dark glasses on TV...never had a garage sale.
Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
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- Erma Bombeck
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- Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1927 to 1996; Wikidata Q455968, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455968 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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