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06-13-2002

Analysis: Benjamin Franklin's life, personality and contributions to America

Host: NEAL CONAN
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

NEAL CONAN, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.

Benjamin Franklin is sometimes portrayed as the comic relief of the American Revolution, a combination jolly fat man, a wacky tinkerer and an elder statesman. The truth is a little more complicated.

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