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Speaker 1: Quan was under scrutiny. A year ago, she was focused

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Speaker 1: I'm Paula Burrows and I'm Melanie Bartley and this is

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Speaker 1: Sacred Scandal. I'm Paula Burrows and I'm Melanie Bartley. When

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