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The Ukrainian language is not easy to master but I have decided to learn its basics, at least. In western...
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The Caribbeans and certainly Dominicans take their Sunday very seriously. Religion is everywhere and in all thinkable varieties. Methodist, baptist, seventh day adventists, catholics,...
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