It succeeded because Asian governments made sure their farmers, big and small, were able and willing to avail themselves of fertiliser, irrigation and connections to markets.

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Many poor ethnic Nepalese from the region were encouraged to come to the camps to avail of free food, housing, education, healthcare and other facilities.

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One cannot help but wonder if our current inability to legislate our way out of a paper bag might be different were party leaders and the President to, once again, be free to avail themselves of the one thing that could always win the hearts and minds of elected officials who care, first and foremost, for their own jobs a healthy and legal bribe.

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