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Virginia graduate Sampson leads class in steady downpour
In a rainy Sunday ceremony at University of Virginia 2974 graduates, notably Ralph Lee Sampson Jr. in the class of 1983, received degrees amid applause and roses. Gov. Charles Robb lauded graduates including those who resisted premature riches. Sampson earned a BA in rhetoric and communications, first in his family to graduate.
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