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    Billy Baker Verified account ‏@billy_baker 16 Dec 2013

    Sorry for flooding you with this experiment. But it's a story about what's right when we spend too much time writing about what's wrong.

    • Retweets 225
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    • Rachel G. Bowers Prof Dauber tannercurtis Henry S. Conte Katie Abbondanza Dan Nott Laura J. Nelson Greg Joyce Human Fund
    3:10 PM - 16 Dec 2013
    225 retweets 548 likes
    1. Chad Finn ‏@GlobeChadFinn 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker Thank you for sharing that, Billy.

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      1. Wesley Lowery ‏@WesleyLowery 16 Dec 2013

        @billy_baker Now I feel bad that I gave you a hard time when you told me had applied to Yale. Beautiful story, Billy. Thanks for sharing

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    2. Travis Waldron ‏@Travis_Waldron 16 Dec 2013

      Don't be MT @billy_baker: Sorry for flooding you. But it's a story about what's right when we spend too much time writing about what's wrong

      0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Andrew Ba Tran ‏@abtran 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker Very worth reading. Thanks for sharing.

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    4. Leah ‏@LeahDaisyD 18 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker I just finished reading 'Hatching Twitter', & your experiment is a wonderful example of how @twitter makes the world better!

      0 retweets 1 like
    5. Diane Leow ‏@dianeleow 17 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker Thank you so much for sharing this. (:

      0 retweets 1 like
    6. Will Richmond ‏@Will_Richmond 16 Dec 2013

      Great stuff, read his timeline MT. @billy_baker it's a story about what's right when we spend too much time writing about what's wrong.

      0 retweets 1 like
    7. Merguezinsky ‏@Beachnoups 17 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker Best Tweet of the Day! So honest! Thanks for that

      0 retweets 1 like
    8. Staci D Kramer ‏@sdkstl 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker thanks so much for sharing this story with us but especially for sharing with George and Johnny.

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    9. Adrienne Greene ‏@Am25greene 17 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker Thanks for writing such a great story.

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    10. Eric Andersen ‏@eric_andersen 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker no need to be sorry. Thanks so much for sharing the way you did

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    11. Favstar.fm 250★'s ‏@Favstar250 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker Congrats on your 250★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/412721397111070720 …

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    12. shari white ‏@07shari22 16 Dec 2013

      RT @billy_baker Sorry 4 flooding u with this experiment But its a story about whats right when we spend much time writing about whats wrong.

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    13. Darren ‏@fudgie8 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker Good story

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    14. angela auclair ‏@angfromthedock 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker so right and so awesome:). congrats to you both.

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    15. Chris Lee ‏@Chris_Lee_Cal 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker Thank you for sharing and thank you for what you are doing, for those boys and for all of us. #ChildOfAnImmigrant #American

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    16. Jonathan Crane ‏@jonathancrane5 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker Thanks for sharing this. Amid all the doom and gloom, this is the heartwarming side of journalism. Congratulations to George!

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    17. Maddy Will ‏@madeline_will 16 Dec 2013 North Carolina, USA

      His timeline is a must read right now MT @billy_baker it's a story about what's right when we spend too much time writing about what's wrong

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    18. ParsingAmerica ‏@NoChromeHD 16 Dec 2013

      @billy_baker You've done well. So too have they. Thank you for sharing their story. Gov't could never accomplish this.

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