Asian exchanges were mixed, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average falling 0.4% and the Hang Seng gaining 1.6%.

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Major equity indexes across the region jumped 3% to more than 5% Monday, led by financial stocks, with Japan's Nikkei 225 rising 3.6% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gaining 4.3%.

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The greatest privilege, and the one I miss most, was gaining the trust of the cops and getting to hang out with them on a weekly basis.

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