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Harry Reid: “I actually know how Searchlight got its name, I say to my friend through the distinguished Presiding Officer.…”

On the recordNovember 10, 2003
I actually know how Searchlight got its name, I say to my friend through the distinguished Presiding Officer. Searchlight got its name because someone said, ``I found gold,'' and someone said he would ``need a searchlight to find it.'' I feel fairly certain that was it. I think, as I said in my book, if I took the naming of Searchlight to a jury I would win, but not every time. We know the Lloyd Searchlight thing is history that, as I said, only deserved one paragraph. I gave it two. But it is not much of a theory. But the one dealing with the matches is pretty good. I think that is something that a jury once in a while--if we did it 10 times, maybe 2 out of the 10 would find that.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the origin of the name 'Searchlight' during a speech.

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