Influenced by traditional preferences for boys, and concerned about the economic prospects of their families, many couples sought to make sure their one kid was a boy rather than a girl.
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Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
19 May 2026
To anyone familiar with high-dimensional geometry, the prospect would seem preposterous.
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Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
Publishers would also need to provide a version of the game that can be used by the purchaser independently of services controlled by the operator, such as a private server not linked to the developer.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2026
At the same time, China imports large amounts of oil from the Middle East and is the world's largest purchaser of Iranian oil, meaning China is both sensitive to the war's dire impacts on the global oil trade and key to supporting Iran's economy.
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