Gaming the System

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Gaming the System

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22 minutes

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Dec 21, 2016

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Bending the rules: People sending their children through the U.S. Postal Service; a Sikh man in the early 1900s tries to use the Supreme Court's racist rulings to his benefit; and the little-known story behind the iconic folk song "Rock Island Line."

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Dec 21, 2016

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Gaming the System

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