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'Finishing school' aims to improve lives of urban girls

A program is working to transform young girls into more poised ladies who may be better prepared to take on the world. Young girls wearing their best dressed attended a tea this week at a Bronx banquet

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Aug 14, 2015, 8:21 PM

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