Her head is held high and her mouth curved in a slight, but distinctly self-satisfied smile.

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Sitting on her front porch in rural Michigan, Kropp held her head high with what her mom described as a new and overwhelming sense of confidence.

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She held her head high and performed her job, never letting the strain show on air.

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But she held her head high, flaring her nostrils a little, appraising the room with a residual trace of her anxious hauteur.

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