After several calls to Starbucks customer service I learned my card had been closed because the discounted gift card had been bought with a fraudulent credit card.

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"You all have bought a ton of my books, and I wanted to give you this story as a gift, " she said.

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When I arrived here in the U.S., one of my old friends from the camps bought me a gift, a set of Tinker Toys.

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