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Jan 11, 20 justice sonia sotomayor will discuss her book at the george washington university lisner auditorium, 730 21st st. Understand the use of metaphor discuss the use of metaphors in the book. Sergio sotolongo talked about the life and career of supreme court nominee judge sonia sotomayo. This collection of books by and about supreme court justice sonia sotomayor tells the story of her remarkable life. This is not a book of selfdiscovery but one of hardwon at times exhaustingly so achievement. I started it late saturday afternoon 26 jan 20 and finished it this morning, scarcely 36 hours later.
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