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Published 11/6/2008 by Anne Hull at Wash Post Elections

SPARTANBURG, S.C. Nov. 5 -- The morning sun shone down on Willie Pearson as he unlocked the front door of Pearson's Westside Barbershop and reached for the lights. Everything was just as he left it the night before: five barber chairs, the smell of talc and liniment, and a photo of Joe Frazier... (link)

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