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Wood, who said he typically shies away from playing any version of himself on screen, was interested in seeing the script after Sennott approached him because he was a fan of her prior work.

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“A sweet and shy tortoise, she quietly touched the lives of countless people over nearly a century in San Diego,” the alliance said.

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Stein attended UC Berkeley, majoring in political science, but he left about a semester shy of graduating.

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“We don’t shy away from where we have disagreements, but we understand what it is that brings us to that table,” Mamdani said.

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"I appreciated about the conversation that I had with the president was that we were not shy about the places of disagreement, about the politics that has brought us to this moment," he said.

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