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I think we always tried to say in our administration that we wanted to look good in history. So we want these decisions to stand up and we don't want to make a quick decision for the moment.
Terry Sanford Carolinian
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Oral history interview by Cindy Cheatham, December 18, 1990; Southern Oral History Program, Interview L-0050, Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
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