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| | MSU MEMO: May 26, 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) |
 | | Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), speaking May 14 at commencement at Mississippi State, told the audience that "the dream of freedom, prosperity, and opportunity" is challenged by "an erosion of pride, self-confidence, self-reliance, and character in our society." |
 | | In his remarks, Cochran reminded the audience that the chances of being a violent crime victim are now greater that of being injured in an automobile accident. |
 | | Cochran referred to a 1952 address in which William Faulkner told a meeting of the Delta Council that "the United States is the whole world's golden envy." That year, the United States produced 40 percent of the world's goods and services and almost half of the economic output, he said. |
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