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(O.K. so the picture is small\u2026\u2026 but it\u2019s worth squinting at. It provides the real reason it took 40 years to get into the promised land\u2014 toll booths! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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(Many thanks to Wiley Miller, Mr.Mancuso and the other wonderful cartoonists who archive their work online, and keep us all thinking about Biblical themes). <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"