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"...and what does it mean--"

--he's stringing together random facts
about the world, trying to find meaning in them--
(in a slight panic or confusion during his search)--

"And what does it mean that Sun Yat-sen
was here in Denver, right here, almost a
century ago, here in Denver, when the
ROC was formed? October tenth--ninety-two
years ago--almost exactly? What does it mean?
It must mean something--"