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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.


Colin Powell

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JAY FERRARA called
Peter Wallison -- Told him Colin Powell had only minimum involvement on
Iran.
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JOHN DEE I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there&...
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ALAN BROWN Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning.
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JOSE AZNAR I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld
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COLIN POWELL if your life is not better.
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