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On a lonely stretch of Florida swamp road, in the year 1920, a model T Ford with no headlights and two hastily replaced tires is trying to make its way through...
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There was a time when those of us in the Women In Science (WIS) book-verse considered it a banner year when TWO new major releases featuring a prominent woman ...
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