Leagues
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They had reached the dessert when there arrived from Paris the strange tidings that the abbe Pirard was appointed to the splendid living of N ----, within four
leagues
of the capital.
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We know what this technology is worth to sports
leagues.
So we took inspiration from soccer leagues, and created a three-tiered ranking system, whereby every quarter, if a district's performance were to decline, you could get relegated to the lower tier.
We had stories like "The Seven-League Boots": the giant who had these boots, where, once you put them on, with every stride you could cover seven leagues, or 21 miles, a kind of travel completely unimaginable to people without that kind of energy at their disposal.
And then I was ready for the big leagues: the fashion industry.
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