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Legacies Build For The Future

Published: September 15, 2008

It is difficult to imagine what will fill these pages in September 2033. Few could imagine in September 1983 that within 25 years, computers would fit in a pocket, the human genome would be solved, and people would swallow tiny cameras for viewing internal injuries or disease. It was the era of Gov. Jim Blanchard, whose tenure saw double-digit unemployment rates leading to the often recited, "Will the last person leaving Michigan please turn out the lights."

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