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No one tested it to see if it has any validity in real life. Simpler, less sexy methods fare exceedingly better, but they do not take you </ins>to <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Stockholm.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>&#160;</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">&#039;&#039;&#039;\u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0441 - \u0431\u0430\u0448\u043d\u044f \u0438\u0437 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438&#039;&#039;&#039;</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>&#160;</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">&gt; Economics is the most insular of fields; it is the one that quotes least from outside itself! 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