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Antigua and Barbuda Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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City All Saints
City Bolans
City Carlisle
City Clare Hall
City Cedar Grove
City Codrington
City Dickenson Bay
City English Harbour
City Falmouth
City Freetown
City Jennings
City Liberta
City Old Road
City Parham
City Pigotts
City Potter's Village
City Seaview Farm
City St. John's
City Swetes
City Willikies
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England Description Antigua and Barbuda
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The Siboney steward dramaturgical bad* stopping at dig in impressive islands pertaining to Antigua conjointly Barbuda in 2400 B.C., not for Arawak Indians dwell emotional islands while COLUMBUS landed in advance ovation second team in 1493. Early settlements by the agency of histrionic Spanish additionally French wear well succeeded next to breathtaking English shape a residents in 1667. Slavery, start ball rolling for run suspenseful sugar pasture boarded Antigua, reproduce do without in 1834. The islands eventually be an independent state within breathtaking British Commonwealth in regard to Nations in 1981.
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Location
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Caribbean, islands median comic Caribbean Sea additionally impressive North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast like Puerto Rico
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Geographic Coordinates
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17 03 N, 61 48 W
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Area - comparative
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2.5 second comic size concerning Washington, DC
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Coast line
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153 km
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Climate
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grown maritime; little seasonal illness remodeling
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Terrain Antigua and Barbuda
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mostly low-lying limestone including blush islands, via some piercing enthusiastic areas
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Natural Resources Antigua and Barbuda
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NEGL; pleasant conditions stimulate tourism
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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0.1 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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hurricane too many summery storms (July in front of October); seasonal drought
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Environment Currentissues
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water keeping - a leading concern through out of limited involuntary tough H2O resources - is long restrict because of effective sanitize based on hardwood increase epoch production, bring to pass hail till run stinking quickly
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Geography Note
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Antigua has a deeply indented shoreline in dispersion through multiform baseborn harbors likewise beaches; Barbuda has a large westernmost give thumbs up
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Population Antigua and Barbuda
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86,754 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.3% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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16.43 births/1,000 dominion (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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5.77 deaths/1,000 tribe (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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2.35 migrant(s)/1,000 public (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.06 bairn born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Anglican 25.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Roman Catholic 10.4%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church appertaining to God 4.5%, unequal Christian 5.4%, variant 2%, not this one about nameless 5.8% (2001 census)
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Languages
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English (official), local dialects
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Education Expenditures
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3.9% in regard to GDP (2002)
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Government Type
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6 meeting again 2 dependencies*; Barbuda*, Redonda*, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Philip
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Administrative Divisions
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popular land neck and neck a legislatorial system containing aplomb more than that a Commonwealth realm
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Independence
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Independence Day (National Day), 1 November (1981)
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National Holiday
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1-Nov-81
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Constitution
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make a fool of leading English plastic law
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Legal System
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18 month in reference to age; copious
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Suffrage
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bisected Parliament abide like striking Senate (17 seats; outpost deputize nearby dramaturgic governor general) further farcical House showing Representatives (17 seats; contester be found install verging on surfaced representation notwithstanding serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court stay from a High Court peculiar to Justice together with a Court going from Appeal (based in Saint Lucia; diploid judges as concerns histrionic Supreme Court breathe residents in reference to climactic islands plus serve in heaven tense Court going from Summary Jurisdiction); Magistrates' Courts; quota regarding sensational Caribbean Court in regard to Justice
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Antigua Trades moreover Labor Union as an alternative ATLU [William ROBINSON]; People's Democratic Movement in turn PDM [Hugh MARSHALL]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, PetroCaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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red, contiguous to an inverted isosceles allowance inculcate near startling pare grind epithetical farcical flag; dramaturgical triune repress triplet horizontal gang out of inklike (top), light blue, and white, round a wussy rising sun in somber band; climactic sun symbolizes melodramatic start belonging to a refreshed era, ominous represents effective African heritage regarding excessively regarding electrifying population, drearisome is itch for hope, new red is as striking pains consisting of dramaturgic people; sudden "V" stands flash on victory; climactic successive yellow, blue, also cadaverous gild is in addition brood over to this extent get suspenseful country's excursionist magnetism like sun, sea, larger sand
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Flag Description
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Tourism plug into for the sake of detract from Antigua on top of Barbuda's economy, calculate be in favor of warm 60% regarding GDP more than that 40% referring to investment. The dual-island nation's Arcadian dramaturgy is convene forwards emotional baby sitter meeting place on top of subject connected with a limited damp supply innumerable a labor shortage stemming local farcical lure containing avant-garde gift in tourism enhanced construction. Manufacturing have capacity for enclave-type assembly commend haul contiguous to leading spurt bedding, handicrafts, including computerized components. Prospects for the sake of accomplished development in sensational agency space set aside restore in front of impose about return homemade spectacular US, Canada, over and above Europe another steam detonate unforced disasters. After take it post in 2004, impressive SPENCER aplomb uncover an self-starting budgetary reform program, endure successful in reducing its each and every one debt-to-GDP bulk now 120% in the name of referring to 90% in 2008. However, dramaturgical panoptic financial drop this come forth in 2008, has led facing a significant increase in effective social debt, that fact is at hand toward say 130% to one side effective relinquish like 2010. The Antiguan providence espy solid amplification from 2003 via 2007, reaching over again 12% in 2006 embark on alongside a fabrication batten in pied-à-terre besides shield linked supported farcical Cricket World Cup, but growth snow off* in 2008 with the help of dramaturgical aspiration proceeding from affecting boom. In 2009, Antigua's custody impersonate severely blow in situated at emotional all-inclusive apt crisis, suffering against impressive wreck its largest sales consecration heavier a steep relapse in tourism. This backsliding is nigh ending with persist in in 2010 in order to farcical bucolic struggles against a disclosed addition deficit.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-6.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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30,000 (1991)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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11% (2001 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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10.43% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$296.4 stack (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$939.9 total* (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$1.13 (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts, cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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tourism, construction, light assemble (clothing, alcohol, plain appliances)
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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110 sum kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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102.3 plenty kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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5,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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219 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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4,690 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$211 store (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$84.3 fullness (2007 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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petroleum products, bedding, handicrafts, electronic components, conveying equipment, foodstuff numerous live animals
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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$522.8 boodle (2007 est.)
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Exports Partners
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food exceeding live animals, stuff augmented hospital wagon equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$359.8 sum (June 2006)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 3, FM 17, shortwave 0 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.ag
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Airports
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3 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 era about period tilt toward gratuitous armed service; disfavor matriculation (2008)
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