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It also contributed to a massive, more-or-less permanent surge in global commodity prices, in tandem with the Oil Shock, leading to a decade of brutal stagflation in the U.S. that in turn helped produce major political shifts, precursor to Reagan and beyond.
Thanks, KGB!
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Carefully concealing the magnitude of the crisis, the Soviets negotiated with the U.S. government to purchase $750 million worth of wheat over 3 years.
The Americans thought it was just extra wheat for animal feed and felt they'd won a huge victory for U.S. agribusiness.
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Frederic Edwin Church, "Twilight in the Wilderness," oil on canvas, 1860
And here is another version of the tale by
@matthewmeyerart, including shenanigans Tamamo no Mae got up to in China and India before she came to Japan:
https://t.co/peKD1PKUm0
Hanway and Lewis left when the violence started. Another local white man, Joseph Scarlet, dragged Dickinson Gorsuch out of the fight and took him to a nearby home, saving his life.
For his troubles, Scarlet would later be charged with treason against the United States.
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There are also people who find the blocks "cute" or even "sensual" and there are companies selling all sorts of tetrapod goods and even tetrapod plush toys called "tetogurumi."
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