It was not until she sat back down among her lawyers that the world's most famous black model reached for her tissues.

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She sat back, and smiled ruefully.

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She sat with her back to the mirror as I brewed her a pot of herb tea.

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Ms. Moore said she sat on a back porch until daylight when she was able to make it back to Hylan Boulevard where she flagged down the police car for assistance at approximately 7:30 a.m.

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But as her hand touched the doorknob she stopped herself and sat back down on her bed.

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