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When we?d hear of an accident, she?d take me down to the coal mine and we?d watch them bring whoever out -- whether they were dead or alive.


Doris Wilson

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DORIS NORTHAM I told everybody all year long that we've got a good team. To me, they just seem so aggressive.
DORIS NORTHAM When I was a kid, you know, you went to church and you went to ball games. And that was your enterta...
DORIS NORTHAM It was my firm conviction, then and now, that we did the right thing on April 22, and we are doing i...
DORIS MEISSNER That told us we had to be prepared for anything.
DORIS MEISSNER found the family functioning very well as a family.
DORIS MEISSNER They need more space and they need more privacy.
DORIS MEISSNER held in virtual slavery.
DORIS MEISSNER The arguments for better immigration enforcement and controls are perfectly legitimate, and obviousl...
DORIS MEISSNER have basically used the legal migration system to their advantage.
DORIS MEISSNER The longer we do it, the bigger it grows.
DORIS MARSHALL Our aids are very committed to serving their customers. Money may be a concern but they continue to ...
DORIS MARSHALL Our budget is really tight but we will continue to explore (increasing reimbursement), but I don't k...
DORIS MARSHALL I live in a neighborhood, but all the houses are different. There are a lot of different sizes and d...
DORIS LEADBETTER I think Great Falls is an anomaly because there are so many different types of houses. It's not like...
DORIS LEADBETTER It's released by the pituitary gland, and it's released by both sexes. The hormone helps induce rela...
DORIS KILGORE I think a lot of people feel like their lives are out of control, and that they're overloaded. Frequ...
DORIS KILGORE Start thinking about something, formulate a plan of how you'll do it, and then take action.
DORIS KILGORE Maybe he doesn't realize how this is.
DORIS JONES My father just got back from a trip to Canada and gas was $6 a gallon there. And I have relatives in...
DORIS JONES We have come here to remember those who were killed, those who survived, and to offer comfort peace,...
DORIS JONES The kids wouldn't have let us live it down. They're psyched.
DORIS JOHNSON Nobody deserves to be shot and killed like that for no reason. This was a tragedy all around. Both m...
DORIS JOHNSON Jack Hayward is a very good team and Catholic High always come prepared to play basketball. There wi...
DORIS JOHNSON We want to continue playing well and making our presence felt. We work hard and hopefully we'll come...
DORIS JOHNSON I just want him back, I miss him so much.
DORIS JOHNSON We had a 20-acre field that was kind of high and they just leveled it out. Now, we have planted 20 a...
DORIS JEAN