A diamond or a coal?
A diamond, if you please:
Who cares about a clumsy coal
Beneath the summer trees?
A diamond or a coal?
A coal, sir, if you please:
One comes to care about the coal
What time the waters freeze.
December 5, 1830
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2016-12-05
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Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally by her stage name, Whoopi Goldberg. One of only five entertainers who have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Oscar, and a Tony Award.
"I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be."
November 13, 1955
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2016-11-13
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Catherine Marie Cortez Masto is an American attorney and politician who is the first Latina ever elected to the United States Senate. She was the Attorney General of Nevada from 2007 to 2015
1964
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2016-11-12
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Kamala Harris is an American lawyer, politician, and member of the Democratic Party, who has been the 32nd and current Attorney General of California since 2011. In November 2016 she was the first Indian-American elected to the US Senate.
October 20, 1964
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2016-11-12
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A member of the Democratic Party, she is the member-elect for the United States House of Representatives seat representing Delaware's at-large congressional district, and the first woman and first African American to be elected elected to the US Congress from Delaware.
1962
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2016-11-12
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