Barry Lewis! Barry Fisher! The other day I had to send a message to my friend in Armenia. Since it was late in the evening here in the US, and already past bedtime in Yerevan, I closed the message wishing
𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒔! 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓!
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𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊
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𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 – 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒏!
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