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MOM AND ME MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF.  SAM AND I LIVED ACROSS TOWN FROM EACH
OTHER, SAM NEAR THE COUNTRY CLUB AND I AT THE EDGE OF TOWN WHERE DAD COULD
KEEP HIS GARBAGE TRUCK.  ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS DAD BOUGHT FOR OUR NEW
HOME WAS A CONSOLE RADIO.  MOM ENJOYED LISTENING TO BIG BAND MUSIC WHILE
SHE MENDED FOR OTHERS.  BUT WHEN DAD CAME HOME FROM A LONG DAY OF SLINGING
GARBAGE CANS, HE RELAXED IN HIS EASY CHAIR, LISTENING TO PROGRAMS FROM THE
OLD COUNTRY.  AS HE TURNED THE DIAL, WATCHING THE GREEN TUNING EYE,
ENORMOUS SPEAKERS WOULD BELT OUT THE NEWS OR MUSIC IN HIS NATIVE ARABIC.
HE NEVER FORGOT HIS ROOTS.  AND I WAS MESMERIZED.  SAMS FATHER HAD BOUGHT
HIM A ZENITH TRANSOCEANIC RADIO FOR EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION.  WHEN SAM AND
I STOPPED BY HIS HOUSE AFTER SCHOOL, WE WOULD REVEL IN THE FIDELITY OF
THOSE GREAT ELVIS TUNES.  THE TWO SAMS WERE WELDED TOGETHER WITH THE SAME
INTERESTS GIRLS AND DREAMS.  WE GO FOR THE GENERAL AS TEENAGERS, WE FOUND
OURSELVES SITTING ONE DAY OUTSIDE THE FCC FIELD OFFICE, NERVOUSLY QUIZZING
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2,372 MI K9HAM 407 2 12 2,348 IL Verde Valley ARA W7EI 863 2 50 2,326 AZ
WPPS RC KG7GK 463 2 4 2,324 OR Wantagh ARC W2VA 451 2 10 2,308 NLI Barrie
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