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TONIGHT.

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IT COMES FROM A SPEECH GEORGE W.

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BUSH GAVE TONIGHT AT THE BUSH

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CENTER IN DALLAS.

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WHILE SPEAKING ABOUT THE

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AUTHORITARIAN REGIME IN RUSSIA

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AND VLADIMIR PUTIN'S INVASION OF

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UKRAINE.

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>> THE RESULT IS AN ABSENCE OF

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CHECKS AND BALANCES IN RUSSIA.

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AND THE DECISION OF ONE MAN TO

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LAUNCH A WHOLLY UNJUSTIFIED AND

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BRUTAL INVASION OF IRAQ, I MEAN

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OF UKRAINE.

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IRAQ TOO.

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ANYWAY.

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[LAUGHTER]

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75.

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[LAUGHTER]

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MARC: MR. BUSH'S REFERENCE TO

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HIS AGE.

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75-YEARS-OLD DREW NERVOUS

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LAUGHTER FROM THE CROWD.

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MORE THAN 4,000 AMERICAN TROOPS

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WERE KILLED IN THE IRAQ WAR.

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ALONG WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

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IRAQI CIVILIANS.

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UK PM Rishi Sunak says he'll confront "profound economic crisis"

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Gravitas: Rishi Sunak's plan for strengthening India-UK ties

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now let's talk a little bit more about

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what this appointment means Rishi

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sunak's appointment to the UK's top

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office may have great symbolic value for

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India in particular

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after all an Indian origin brown-skinned

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Hindu man

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will now head a country that ruled India

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for 200 years

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the unmissable irony may be a moment of

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great pride for some Indians but does it

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really change anything as far as the

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UK's relationship with India is

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concerned

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are we going to see bilateral ties

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undergo a complete overhaul on the Sanuk

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or will Sanuk stick to maintaining the

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prevailing status quo

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in the next few minutes we'll take you

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through his personal beliefs and

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professional values and try to

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understand what he brings to the table

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vis-a-vis India UK ties

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first things first

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if we go by the American example where

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another Indian American holds the top

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office it is very much likely that sunak

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will be equally sensitive to charges of

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favoritism

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to critiques in commentary that he may

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be too focused on India during his

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tenure

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simply because his relatives belong to

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the country so this is a path that many

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expect sunak to tread carefully on

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he is the British prime minister after

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law

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his job is to serve British citizens so

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expecting Suna to go out of his way and

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build better ties with India would be

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wishful thinking

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that's it sunak is pretty open about

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about his Indian Origins especially his

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beliefs

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he is a practicing Hindu who regularly

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visits temples in his birthplace

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Southampton

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in fact he has repeatedly stressed on

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how proud he is of his identity

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this is what he said in a recent media

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interview

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allow me to quote

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I can proudly say that I am a Hindu and

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being a Hindu is my identity it gives me

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strength it gives me purpose it's part

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of who I am

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that's not all

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earlier this year when he was

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campaigning for Tory leadership he

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tweeted pictures and videos of himself

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praying on Lord krishna's birthday

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he also tweeted pictures of himself

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worshiping cows

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a ritual followed by many devout Hindus

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two years before this in November 2020

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he made history by lighting lamps on

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Diwali at 11 Downing Street

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and three years before that he swore his

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oath to the parliament on a copy of the

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bhagavad-gita

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so sunat's dedication to his roots and

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beliefs had instilled hope among many

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Indians that he will work on bringing

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the two countries closer

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but what about Sanuk

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does he hold the same views

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truth be told sunak has often stressed

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on how he wants to change the UK's

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Dynamic with India

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how he wants to make the relationship a

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two-way exchange of sorts that opens up

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easy access to UK students and companies

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in India

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this is what he said a few months back

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at an event in North London I'm quoting

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again

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we are all very aware of the opportunity

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for the UK to sell things and do things

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in India but actually we need to look at

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that relationship differently because

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there is an enormous amount that we here

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in the UK can learn from India

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there's more

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I want to make sure that it's easy for

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our students to also travel to India and

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learn that it's also easy for our

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companies and Indian companies to work

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together because it's not just a one-way

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relationship it's a two-way relationship

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and that's the type of change I want to

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bring to that relationship

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I repeat that's the type of change I

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want to bring

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so how does he plan on bringing this

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change

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what exactly does he intend to do

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to start with he intends to take forward

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the schemes and initiatives that were

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laid in place by former prime minister

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Boris Johnson

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like a free trade agreement that was

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announced by Johnson on his visit to

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India with the intention of deepening

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economic and strategic ties

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last we checked this agreement was still

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in place

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and sunak's appointment as prime

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minister has only given it a new impetus

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at least that's what reports are saying

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that Rishi sunak taking the top office

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has renewed hopes about the agreement

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reaching its much needed completion

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next sonak has also been supportive

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supportive of India assuming a greater

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role in the indo-pacific

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this is what he said back in July

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I'm very supportive of India playing an

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increasingly influential role in the

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region and indeed in the world as a

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massive economy and the world's largest

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democracy and an FTA would prove a

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greater champion of that cause

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and then of course we come to the issue

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of visa restrictions and backlogs

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a hassle that many Indian students have

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to deal with

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you see the UK has something called the

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HPI the high potential individual Visa

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it allows graduates from the world's top

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50 universities to work within the UK

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but unfortunately it doesn't include a

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single Indian institution think about

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that not even a single one

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sunak has been at the helm of addressing

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this concern he has repeatedly stressed

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on expanding the terms of this Visa

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this is what he had said earlier this

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year

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I'm quoting again a plan over time is to

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expand what we consider to be markers of

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high potential in individuals so that

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would mean that the list with all the

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qualifying criteria for that Visa

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develops over time the second thing I'd

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say is that Visa applies to people at

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the University so it will benefit Indian

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Nationals

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so we have visas

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bilateral Investments Free Trade

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Agreement

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and greater Market access

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so now promises to improve India UK Ties

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on all four counts

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while this may not imply that the ties

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are going to be caught and quote special

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but if you go by sunx track record and

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statements one can surely expect the two

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countries to open a new chapter in their

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relationship

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and for all our lives for the best

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and also create thousands of people

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which is fantastic

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