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The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Time magazine’s Michael Weisskopf lost his hand while covering the war in Iraq. He tells us about his time in the amputee wing of Walter Reed Hospital. But first: we kick off our coverage of Underreported election issues with a Dartmouth professor who says midterm elections are highly predictable. And a new comic book hopes to prevent Native American teens from committing suicide. Plus: tenor Salvatore Licitra talks about his life on and off the stage.

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