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  / _` | '_ ` _ \ / _` |_  / | '_ \ / _` | | __/ _ \ \/ / __|
 | (_| | | | | | | (_| |/ /| | | | | (_| | | ||  __/>  <| |_
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             i have nothing to say  |___/ and i am saying it.
When asked by a reporter why he did not return from his vacation earlier than last Thursday, three days after the hurricane hit, the vice president replied: “I came back four days early.”