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1:09:00
l do a lot for you, don't l?
1:09:03
Yeah.
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The cops are making some serious
wrong accusations here.

1:09:09
You know? l mean, l just. . . .
1:09:11
-l need your help.
-All right.

1:09:13
Will you help me? Cool. All right.
1:09:37
Enter!
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Miss Jones.
1:09:44
Can l talk to you for a moment?
1:09:49
Well, as we all know,
the campus is abuzz. . .

1:09:52
. . .with the news of Naomi Preston's
untimely demise.

1:09:55
Now there's a juicy story.
1:09:57
A girl is raped by her boyfriend.
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He's arrested, and she can't
take the pressure. . .

1:10:03
. . .so she drinks herself to death
with sleeping pills. . .

1:10:06
. . .or something tawdry and useless.
1:10:10
lt's a real shocker.
1:10:12
We've all been having
quite a time with it.

1:10:14
You'll love this, because today we'll
talk about the genesis of these tales.

1:10:19
Where they get started,
why they get started.

1:10:23
Mr. Webb.
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Perhaps you have some insights.
1:10:27
How do these stories get going?
1:10:30
l don't know. They just happen.
1:10:33
They just happen?
ls that the best you can do, Webb?

1:10:36
Lives are ruined, the campus is in
an uproar, and all you can say is:

1:10:39
"Shit happens"? l have to say,
usually you're a little more glib.

1:10:43
All that deep theory about. . .
1:10:45
. . .the Bible and human nature
and "Gossip is fun. "

1:10:48
Usually you have plenty to say.
1:10:50
l'd think you'd be proud of your
accomplishment, even brag about it.

1:10:55
l don't know what
you're talking about.

1:10:57
So what you're saying
is he made it up.


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