I'm sure it's just my hormones talking, but a glimmer of optimism about our world and our future shines through my cynical mind, and I feel confident about raising a "green" child.

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It is a cynical game worthy of an undeveloped, third world country, not the United States of America.

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To the rest of the world, Russia looked like a cynical society where people were interested only in personal wealth and national muscle.

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