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It sounds really impossible.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=32.0,36.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"DOROTHY MAGNANI: But you know what it is? I think it was like, we lived our lives. He did what he wanted to do and he enjoyed his job and he was building things and doing things and then he'd come home. So I think there was a fulfillment in your life. And I felt fulfilled in my life, too. I was well-respected at work. I felt good about myself. And so I didn't need to carry a—he wasn't carrying any grudges. It was just, he was a happy fellow. 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[crosstalk] You were the extrovert.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=81.0,86.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"DOROTHY MAGNANI: No, but it is funny because he was always out there. But he liked doing things, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=86.0,95.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"KIRSTEN MAGNANI: Yeah, like for the borough president, he did a lot of public speaking. I don't think it was really his strong point.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=95.0,100.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"DOROTHY MAGNANI: No, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=100.0,100.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"KIRSTEN MAGNANI: I mean, he did it—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=100.0,102.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"DOROTHY MAGNANI: He did, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=102.0,104.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"KIRSTEN MAGNANI: —because he had to, but he was more—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=104.0,106.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"DOROTHY MAGNANI: Behind the scenes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=106.0,106.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"KIRSTEN MAGNANI: —hands-on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=106.0,109.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"DOROTHY MAGNANI: Hands-on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859#t=109.0,111.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/100472/file/252859/transcript/71025/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"KIRSTEN MAGNANI: Yeah, was more a problem solver. 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