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+
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+
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+
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+
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+Do	O
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+Change	O
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+Some	O
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+Others	O
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+Why	O
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
+Then	O
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
+In	O
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+2.	B-CARDINAL
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+
+Everybody	O
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+
+Hah	O
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+At	O
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+
+3.	B-CARDINAL
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+4.	B-CARDINAL
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+
+How	O
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+
+Eventually	O
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+
+5.	B-CARDINAL
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+
+Always	O
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+complement	O
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+
+If	O
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+
+6.	B-CARDINAL
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+
+Everybody	O
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+
+You	O
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+seize	O
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+
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+hard	O
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+.	O
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+
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+;	O
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+If	O
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+It	O
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+In	O
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+In	O
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+
+In	O
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+
+That	O
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+
+Why	O
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+
+because	O
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+
+and	O
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+Now	O
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+
+How	O
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+
+What	O
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+
+If	O
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+Say	O
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+That	O
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+At	O
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+But	O
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+,	O
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+
+and	O
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+.	O
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+
+Conservation	O
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+
+and	O
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+
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+
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