The American Language Is the American Language, You Know?

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i think it's more of an american thing to say we're defining ourselves in part by our language, whereas maybe european countries would not put that up on the list of important characteristics of our unity. So i'm going to describe a study that was done by a my now past colleague, l ross. He does a study among israelis and palestinians. An, there's a certain amount of money that a, we're going to give you a to barter. Where does the money go? You can send it to e palestine toin ance education or various enhancements there. Or you can send it to israel to increase securityn so

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