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Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

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Charles Kuralt
Age: 62 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 10
Died: 1997
Died: July 4
Correspondent
Journalist
News Presenter
New York City
New York
Charles Bishop Kuralt
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Anything
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