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If you wanted to bestow the grandiose title of "most successful organization in modern history," you would struggle to find a more obviously worthy nominee than the federal government of the United States.In its earliest stirrings, it established a lasting and influential democracy. Since then, it has helped defeat totalitarianism (more than once), established the world__ currency of choice, sent men to the moon, built the Internet, nurtured the world__ largest economy, financed medical research that saved millions of lives and welcomed eager immigrants from around the world.
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If you wanted to bestow the grandiose title of "most successful organization in modern history," you would struggle to find a more obviously worthy nominee than the federal government of the United States.In its earliest stirrings, it established a lasting and influential democracy. Since then, it has helped defeat totalitarianism (more than once), established the world__ currency of choice, sent men to the moon, built the Internet, nurtured the world__ largest economy, financed medical research that saved millions of lives and welcomed eager immigrants from around the world.

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