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Girl Scouts Get a New Look
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NPR The Bryant Park Project
03-27-2008
Girl Scouts Get a New Look
Host: RACHEL MARTIN
Time 7:00-8:00 AM
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RACHEL MARTIN, host:
So, Ali, you were a Girl Scout, right?
ALISON STEWART, host:
For one week.
MARTIN: One week?
STEWART: Yes, I was a Brownie. I was a devoted Brownie.
MARTIN: That's for the little ones.
STEWART: Yeah,...
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