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i don't think it works like that, sf--not even an unreconstructed hegelian would argue that point. fact is that there's been considerable pressure diplomatically and from human rights groups with actually existing contacts in the area. were it not for these groups--and the uk working through australia's consulate, folk could have huffed and puffed all day, waxing as colonial as they let themselves, and it wouldn't have meant anything.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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