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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings stretches his legs while watching other students work out at the weight lifting facility at the Beaufort Middle School on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings and his weightlifting coach Ray Jones discuss the 14-year-old's weight before competition during the car ride to practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings practices his snatch, clean and jerk at Cross Fit Beaufort while training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings holds his Best Overall Lifter trophy  on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina, that he won at the 2013 Pan American Sub 15 Championships. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Like most 14-year-olds, CJ Cummings spends time in front of a television in his spare time before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings takes a break for water  on July 14, 2014 in the hallway of the Beaufort Middle School in Beaufort, South Carolina. The 14-year-old will attempt to break the U.S. record for the clean and jerk lift of 152.5 kg (336 pounds) when he competes at the Open Men's Nationals later this month. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Coach Ray Jones, center, uses the dry eraser board to motivate CJ Cummings, front right, during a work out at the Beaufort Middle School on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings is competing at the Open Men's Nationals in July.  (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings talks with a fellow lifter on July 14, 2014 at the Beaufort Middle School weight lifting facility in Beaufort, South Carolina. The 14-year-old will attempt to break the U.S. record for the clean and jerk lift of 152.5 kg (336 pounds) when he competes at the Open Men's Nationals later this month. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings and his weightlifting coach Ray Jones discuss the 14-year-old's weight before competition during the car ride to practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings practices his snatch, clean and jerk at Cross Fit Beaufort while training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings rests between sets at Cross Fit Beaufort while training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings, right, clean up at Cross Fit Beaufort after practices with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings practices his snatch, clean and jerk at Cross Fit Beaufort while training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Like most days CJ Cummings gets picked up by his weightlifting coach, Ray Jones, picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Like most 14-year-olds, CJ Cummings spends time in front of a television in his spare time before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings touches noses with his niece Christian Cummings before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Like most 14-year-olds, CJ Cummings spends time in front of a television in his spare time before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings, right, stretches his legs while the other students work out at the weight lifting facility at the Beaufort Middle School on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Shouting over the clammer of steel weights, CJ Cummings talks about technique with Caleb Gee, left, and Cal Laffite, right, at the weight lifting facility at the Beaufort Middle School on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings is competing at the Open Men's Nationals in July.  (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings turns the light out at Cross Fit Beaufort after training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings is competing at the Open Men's Nationals in July.  (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings finishes his chores before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings, center, listens to his mother Savasha Cummings in their home on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina.  Cummings is a 14-year-old power lifter who has been lauded as the next great home for an American weightlifting medal at the Olympics. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • POOLER, GA - JANUARY 10, 2016: Christy Stephens has the initials of her daughter Jennifer tattooed on her wrist, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 in Pooler, Ga. Stephens daughter committed suicide in February 2014. (Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • A workers ladder is framed by the only window in an 18th-century slave cabin in Edisto Island, South Carolina. The cabin dismantled and ship it to the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Entering the shell of a 18th-century slave cabin, 80-year-old Junior Meggett said he remembers his aunt and uncle raising their family there when he was a boy growing up on the Point of Pines Plantation on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Meggett said he lived in one of the other cabins that was part of a "slave street" on the plantation. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • POOLER, GA - JANUARY 10, 2016: Christy Stephens shares photos of her daughter Jennifer at a park where they used to play, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 in Pooler, Ga. Stephens daughter committed suicide in February 2014. (Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • Eighty-year-old Junior Meggett stands in the window of the 18th-century slave cabin his aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, housed some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a "slave street" and his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Part of the story of the cabin's construction is use of this mortise and tenon joint. In traditional timber framing the woodworking joint was commonly used to join adjoining pieces connect at an angle of 90°. Workers found these details while dismantling the 18th-century slave cabin piece by piece before shipping it to the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Kerry Shackelford, project site contractor for Museum Resources, Construction and Mill Work, Inc., directs his foreman Larry Francis, right, how he wants to dismantle the roof joists of an 18th-century slave cabin for the Smithsonian Institution. The cabin is only cabin that remains of the string of cabins built in the 1940s or 50s at the Bailey plantation of Point of Pines on Edisto Island, South Carolina. After it is dismantled the cabin will be reassembled at the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Kerry Shackelford, project site contractor for Museum Resources, Construction and Mill Work, Inc., directs his carpenter Ever Salamanca, right, and Rafael Flores how to dismantle the roof joists of an 18th-century slave cabin for the Smithsonian Institution. The cabin is only cabin that remains of the string of cabins built in the 1940s or 50s at the Bailey plantation of Point of Pines on Edisto Island, South Carolina. After it is dismantled the cabin will be reassembled at the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)...Museum Resouces, construction and mill work, Inc. .......
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  • A chapter in the story of this cabin's construction is told by the use of this bridal joint. In traditional timber framing this woodworking joint was commonly used to join the tops of principle rafters and walls. Workers found these details while dismantling the 18th-century slave cabin piece by piece before shipping it to the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Project site contractor Kerry Shackelford, left, carries a ladder while supervising his crew as they dismantle an 18th-century slave cabin piece by piece, Monday, May 13, 2013, in Edisto Island, South Carolina before it is shipped to the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Junior Meggett stands inside the cabin is aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy growing up on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a community when his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Junior Meggett said the hole in this blue painted piece of sheet metal was where his aunt and uncle wood-burning stove vented outside.  Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, where used to house some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a community when his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Holding onto the door frame of a dividing wall separating the cabin's only two rooms, Junior Meggett remembers his life as a young man visiting his aunt and uncle who lived in the cabin on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, where used to house some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a "slave street" and his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Eighty-year-old Junior Meggett stands in the window of the 18th-century slave cabin his aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, housed some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a "slave street" and his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Eighty-year-old Junior Meggett stands in the window of the 18th-century slave cabin his aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, housed some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a "slave street" and his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • POOLER, GA - JANUARY 10, 2016: Christy Stephens shares photos of her daughter Jennifer at a park where they used to play, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 in Pooler, Ga. Stephens daughter committed suicide in February 2014. (Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • Minus the roof and porch the Point of Pines Plantation cabin is halfway dismantled after the first day a construction crew working with the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Stacked, wrapped and numbered several boards from the 18th century cabin are ready to be loaded and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Workers use small numbered tags to track the location of each board they remove while they dismantle the 18th-century slave cabin  piece by piece in Edisto Island, South Carolina before shipping it to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • After numbering and tagging a board, carpenter Ever Salamanca uses a pry bar to dismantle a 18th-century slave cabin in Edisto Island, South Carolina. After it is dismantled, the cabin will be part of the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Junior Meggett looks around the inside of the cabin is aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy growing up on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a community when his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Howard Young<br />
87<br />
$30,000 per year<br />
Republican<br />
Retired Accountant <br />
Deficit <br />
Mitt Romney <br />
Savannah, Ga.<br />
March 5, 2012<br />
912-920-1352<br />
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Q: For the GOP race, what do you think the opponents biggest strength are??<br />
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A: "In my personal opinion the only opponent is Santorum. His biggest strength is his 20 years expense in Washington."<br />
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(Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Howard Young.87.$30,000 per year.Republican.Retired Accountant .Deficit .Mitt Romney .Savannah, Ga..March 5, 2012.912-920-1352..Q: For the GOP race, what do you think the opponents biggest strength are??..A: "In my personal opinion the only opponent is Santorum. His biggest strength is his 20 years expense in Washington."...(Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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