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๐‘ท๐‘ค ๐‘ž๐‘ฐ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘ฐ๐‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘ธ ๐‘๐‘จ๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘ฒ๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ - ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ค๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ž ๐‘’๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฉ-๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฆ


๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ž 1980’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘ฎ๐‘ช๐‘š๐‘ป๐‘‘ L. ๐‘’๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ฏ๐‘›๐‘ท๐‘ค, ๐‘ฃ๐‘ง๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ๐‘บ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘บ๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฅ๐‘ต๐‘๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘ณ๐‘ฏ ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘ช๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘ฎ๐‘ช๐‘ฅ ๐‘ž ๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘จ๐‘› ๐‘ž๐‘ฑ ๐‘•๐‘ป๐‘๐‘› ๐‘๐‘จ๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘ก๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘ฃ๐‘ฐ ๐‘”๐‘ท๐‘‘ ๐‘ž๐‘ฑ ๐‘ข๐‘ซ๐‘›๐‘ฏ’๐‘‘ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ด๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘• - ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฃ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ข๐‘ช๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฒ๐‘‘. ๐‘ž๐‘ฆ๐‘• ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฅ๐‘ต๐‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘ž ๐‘ช๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘•๐‘ฑ๐‘๐‘› ๐‘ž ๐‘’๐‘ณ๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ $40,000 ๐‘ฉ ๐‘˜๐‘ฝ.[^1] ๐‘ฏ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘จ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ž ๐‘›๐‘ฌ๐‘ฏ๐‘“๐‘ท๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘•๐‘ป๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘• ๐‘’๐‘จ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ. ๐‘ž๐‘ฆ๐‘• ๐‘ข๐‘ช๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ž ๐‘•๐‘ณ๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘š๐‘ณ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฉ๐‘“๐‘ฌ๐‘ฏ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘ฆ๐‘“๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฃ๐‘ฌ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ๐‘• ๐‘๐‘ฟ๐‘›...
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๐‘ž $500 ๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘ง๐‘•๐‘—๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ - ๐‘ฃ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฐ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘ฉ ๐‘“๐‘ฎ๐‘ฑ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘ฑ๐‘๐‘• ๐‘ฌ๐‘ผ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘จ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ


“๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ž๐‘ฆ๐‘• ๐‘•๐‘ฐ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘™, ๐‘ข๐‘ช๐‘‘ ๐‘ธ ๐‘ข๐‘ฐ ๐‘‘๐‘ต ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฑ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ฉ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ค๐‘˜๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘บ ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘ž ๐‘ฉ ๐‘•๐‘ช๐‘“๐‘‘ ๐‘•๐‘๐‘ช๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘น ๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฒ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ก๐‘ฉ๐‘ฑ๐‘‘๐‘• ๐‘ฃ๐‘ต ๐‘›๐‘ฎ๐‘ท๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ฃ๐‘ธ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ ๐‘š๐‘ฐ๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ง๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘น ๐‘ž ๐‘๐‘ช๐‘ฅ๐‘ ๐‘ฏ ๐‘•๐‘ป๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘จ๐‘ฏ๐‘•, ๐‘ฏ๐‘ด ๐‘ฅ๐‘จ๐‘‘๐‘ผ ๐‘ž ๐‘•๐‘ป๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘จ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ?” - New York Times ๐‘ž ๐‘ฅ๐‘ช๐‘›๐‘ผ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฐ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ฉ๐‘๐‘ป๐‘ฑ๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘• ๐‘›๐‘ณ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ณ๐‘•๐‘‘ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘น๐‘‘ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฟ๐‘Ÿ - ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฅ๐‘จ๐‘ฏ๐‘˜๐‘ฉ๐‘“๐‘จ๐‘’๐‘—๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘จ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ฎ๐‘ต ๐‘’๐‘บ๐‘“๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ณ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘›...
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๐‘•๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘“ - ๐‘น: ๐‘ข๐‘ฒ ยท๐‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘—๐‘ผ ยท๐‘’๐‘จ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ยท๐‘š๐‘จ๐‘› ๐‘“ ๐‘ฟ


๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ ๐‘ข๐‘น๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ๐‘™: ๐‘ž๐‘ฆ๐‘• ยท๐‘›๐‘ฒ๐‘ฉ๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฒ๐‘š ๐‘ข๐‘ช๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘จ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ผ, ๐‘š๐‘ณ๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ฑ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฑ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ต๐‘” ยท๐‘ผ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฏ๐‘› ๐‘ฉ ๐‘˜๐‘ฝ ๐‘ฉ๐‘œ๐‘ด, ๐‘ฒ ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘•๐‘ฒ๐‘›๐‘ฉ๐‘› ๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ณ๐‘‘๐‘›๐‘ฌ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฒ ๐‘•๐‘ง๐‘ค๐‘“-๐‘ฃ๐‘ด๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘› ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฑ๐‘ค ๐‘•๐‘ป๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘• ๐‘จ๐‘“๐‘‘๐‘ผ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ณ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘ ๐‘“ ๐‘ฉ๐‘š๐‘ฌ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ ๐‘˜๐‘ฝ๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฒ ๐‘—๐‘ถ๐‘• ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘›๐‘ต๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘•๐‘ณ๐‘— ๐‘ข๐‘ช๐‘Ÿ ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘ค๐‘ฆ ๐‘’๐‘ช๐‘•๐‘‘ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘ค๐‘ฑ๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘› - ๐‘“ ๐‘ž ๐‘•๐‘’๐‘ฑ๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฑ๐‘ค ๐‘ฒ ๐‘ข๐‘ช๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ช๐‘•๐‘ง๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘™, ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ช๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ช๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฒ๐‘ฉ๐‘š๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ณ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฒ ๐‘ด๐‘ฏ ๐‘•๐‘ป๐‘๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘ต ๐‘จ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘•๐‘ณ๐‘—, ๐‘ฉ๐‘’๐‘ฌ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘ฒ๐‘ฅ...
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