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#@$==~^... =  THAT COULD BE CREATED REGIONALLY BY = ...^~==$@#
##@$==~^.. =   MOST   PHARMACEUTICAL   COMPANIES  = ..^~==$@##
###@$==~^. = WITHOUT  MUCH  EFFORT, AND  IT  WAS  = .^~==$@###
##@$==~^.. =   ESTIMATED  THAT  IT   HAD   SAVED  = ..^~==$@##
#@$==~^... =      TENS      OF      MILLIONS.     = ...^~==$@#
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$==~^..... BUT IT WAS NOT  OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY .....^~==$
@$==~^.... THE  WORLD HEALTH  ORGANIZATION,  AND AS ....^~==$@
#@$==~^... SUCH  DID NOT GIVE WHAT  THE  SANCTIONED ...^~==$@#
##@$==~^.. (AND   UNOBTAINABLE)   ONES   DID:   THE ..^~==$@##
###@$==~^. SUBSKIN CHIP  THAT  WOULD LET  YOU ENTER .^~==$@###
##@$==~^.. =     (OR      LEAVE)     CITIES.      = ..^~==$@##
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@$==~^.... = AND THAT'S WHY, EVENTUALLY, WE WOULD = ....^~==$@
$==~^..... =  CREATE  OUR OWN  CHIPS.  THEY WERE  = .....^~==$
@$==~^.... = LARGER THAN THE OFFICIAL ONES, AND A = ....^~==$@
#@$==~^... =  LITTLE   UNSTABLE,   AND   NEEDED   = ...^~==$@#
##@$==~^.. =   MAINTENANCE.   BUT  THEY  WORKED!  = ..^~==$@##
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##@$==~^.. =  LITTLE  SOMETHING TO MAKE THE GUARD = ..^~==$@##
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