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“What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar.” T. R. Marshall (US Vice-President),New York Tribune, January 4, 1920.

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Shallit, J. What this country needs is an 18c piece. The Mathematical Intelligencer 25, 20–23 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984830

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