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Tonight's Nightline will take a vacation from war and politics to ride some 25-foot waves at Maverick's Beach up near San Francisco. The show's note says: "So this is one of those summer nights when we just wanted to have a little fun, take a break from all of the other stories that seem to dominate our world these days."
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