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We basically scrubbed everything and replaced all of the electronics with much smaller miniature versions.


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AMIRI BARAKA God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.
IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA We lost everything. We're having to basically start over.
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AMBROSE BIERCE QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled wh...
AMBROSE BIERCE When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.
AMBROSE BIERCE Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of...
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