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Speaker 1: With Amy Wells, I'm Mike Keith. It is Friday, January

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Speaker 1: the twenty first. Well, we're in the window now, Amy Wells,

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Speaker 1: Eighty three days and he has come. He's come along

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Speaker 1: Your referee is Cleete Blakeman. M What do we know

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Speaker 1: This is not his crew. Interesting, no member of this

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Speaker 1: so you don't mess with Cleete Blakeman, but he's the referee.

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow on the air two o'clock Central Time on Titan's Radio,

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Speaker 1: Titans Countdown. Amy Wells and Red Brian will kick it

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