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From a Mars researcher to a Federal Reserve Board economist, from Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, to actors, diplomats and sportswriters, the University community heard from a host of prominent guest speakers in recent months. Here is a small sampling of what some of them had to say.
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