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Decades ago, he and his two brothers had a chance to hop on a boat to escape overseas, but didn't, so now, all three are regretting it. Everyone they know who ended up in America has become filthy rich, they insisted, with one man coming back to build a road for his native village. You cannot fail in the USA, they kept repeating.

They thought I was in my mid 60's, so I joked, "See, look what America has done to me!"



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