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We're going to hear an earful, but it's going to be an earful of wonderment and happiness that people waited for for a long time.

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Harry Reid
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: December 2
City Attorney
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United States Senator
Searchlight
Nevada
Harry Mason Reid
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