Carson, like all the others, left with a giddy champagne buzz but no story.

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Typically this happened with white men championing over white men and others were left to flounder a little bit.

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While Target and others might take some Wal-Mart store locations, many towns would be left with a massive gap where Wal-Mart once existed.

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He left with a comfortable fortune and a desire to spend his money helping others.

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Manson and four others -- Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Charles "Tex" Watson and Leslie Van Houten -- were convicted of murder and other charges in connection with a two-night rampage that left pregnant actress Sharon Tate and seven others dead.

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But for others, your story starts with ancestors who, at some point, left behind everything they knew to seek the promise of a new land.

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