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I learned that someone in an administrative position in a university, at the level that I was privileged to serve, can do so much more than a governor or senator, when it comes to getting lasting things done in a state.
William Friday Carolinian
Source
Oral history interview by William A. Link, November 19, 1990; Southern Oral History Program, Interview L-0144, Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
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- Oral History Interview with William C. Friday, Interview L-0144
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- 1990
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