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<wob_jonas> perl -eopen$i,"<",($f="wisdom/aristotle");$_=<$i>; s/two thousand/2000/ or die; if (1) { open$o,">",$f; print$o $_ or die; } print substr$_,0;
author HackBot
date Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:02:36 +0000
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The abbreviation fad began in Boston in the summer of 1838 and spread to New York and New Orleans in 1839.