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......~-*% % THAT COULD BE CREATED REGIONALLY  BY % %*-~......
.....~-*%$ %   MOST   PHARMACEUTICAL  COMPANIES   % $%*-~.....
....~-*%$£ %  WITHOUT  MUCH  EFFORT,  AND IT  WAS % £$%*-~....
...~-*%$£# %  ESTIMATED   THAT  IT   HAD  SAVED   % #£$%*-~...
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....~-*%$£ SUCH  DID  NOT GIVE WHAT  THE SANCTIONED £$%*-~....
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......~-*% SUBSKIN CHIP THAT WOULD  LET  YOU  ENTER %*-~......
.......~-* %     (OR      LEAVE)      CITIES.     % *-~.......
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.........~ % AND THAT'S WHY, EVENTUALLY, WE WOULD % ~.........
........~- % CREATE  OUR  OWN  CHIPS.  THEY  WERE % -~........
.......~-* % LARGER THAN THE OFFICIAL ONES, AND A % *-~.......
......~-*% %   LITTLE   UNSTABLE,   AND   NEEDED  % %*-~......
.....~-*%$ %   MAINTENANCE.   BUT  THEY  WORKED!  % $%*-~.....
....~-*%$£ %  OR, THEY WOULD WORK TOGETHER WITH A % £$%*-~....
...~-*%$£# % LITTLE  SOMETHING TO MAKE THE  GUARD % #£$%*-~...
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