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Bill Clinton: When the Irish toast each other, they say, 'Slainte!', which we Americans always took to mean health.

On the recordMarch 16, 1994
When the Irish toast each other, they say, 'Slainte!', which we Americans always took to mean health.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the Celebration of Ireland Dinner

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