It gets even more soap-opera-ish.

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They don't even have soap.

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Soap was so hard to come by, even completely nonexistent sometimes.

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Not only bar soap has been banned but also body wash, shampoo, hair conditioner and even shaving cream.

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Worst yet, the highly publicized made-for-soap-opera divorce between McCourt and his wife Jamie brings uncertainty as to who even owns the team.

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Until it was popularized in 1990 by a Brazilian soap opera loosely based on the Rondon family, the region was rarely visited, even by Brazilians.

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