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In particular, China is relying on the so-called “nine-dash line” (originally created by Taiwan in 1947) to justify its claim to most of the South China Sea, where it has created artificial islands and asserted sovereignty over their surrounding waters.

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And they did not turn out to be the Islamist boogeyman that the dictators were always using to justify their regime.

There's no audience like this to justify their rehearsal time.

And when you're in a situation where you have to justify every moment of your existence, you're put in the situation where you react in a very different manner.

So that's a very good reason beyond curiosity to justify what we're doing, and to justify having some interest in what is going on in our brains.

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