Often beautiful women or handsome men would be associated with these messages, enhancing the ability of the hippocampus to deeply store memories of the political and commercial messages which plucked the neurological strings of our limbic systems.

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Instead, he died from a crushing sadness and disappointment after discovering that Zhu, whom he had courted as a handsome man with beautiful eyes, turned out to be a woman under her man's disguise.

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Local legend holds that the dolphins shapeshift into handsome men at night to lure beautiful women from the villages.

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The famed investor, Warren Buffet, once said that many corporate acquirers think of themselves as beautiful princesses, sure that their kisses can turn toads into handsome princes.

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Some Greek islands have been overbuilt by Athenians taking advantage of corrupt planning laws, but all over the mainland there are villages in beautiful settings that are decaying for want of anybody ready to refit handsome stone houses and attract year-round visitors.

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