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198: How to Win Friends and Influence People
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After the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, U.S. diplomats had to start working the phones to assemble a coalition of nations to combat this new threat. Some of the calls, you get the feeling, were not the easiest to make. Writer and performer Tami Sagher imagines what those calls were like. (6 minutes)

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Tami Sagher

Song:

“This Is The World Calling” by Bob Geldof

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