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Eyes are on the voters in town hall-style debates

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The every-four-years ritual of a national \town hall\ style debate began as a nerve-racking experiment in live television. Moderator Carole Simpson was so nervous about turning over the microphone to regular folks and their questions that she spent days mapping out the presidential candidates and their issues on \a zillion 3-by-5 cards