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People come from all kinds of places to go to MIT, but many maintain strong feelings for the place they still call home. Read the full description.
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
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| Paradise City | Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction. | Geffen | 1987 | 06:46 |
