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the old Near East and Africa were under its sway.
Then was proclaimed the New Maghreb.

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The most powerful person in the world was the Chairperson of the
Asia-Pacific Co-prosperity sphere, Vo Tran Quoc.
The leader of the second power, the Slavic Empire, was called Svarozits
Perun. This name means Thunderbolt of God.
The head of opec and de facto ruler of the New Maghreb was called
Shahar
Shalim. This name means Dawn of Peace.

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The major sexual attitude of the time was androgyny, rivaled but not
equaled by the cult of pan-sexuality. Androgyny implies recognition of
the
full sexual potential of each individual. Former distinctions were
abandoned. It was no longer regarded as improper to pursue a
relationship
of male to male or female to female; nor was it required to have two
partners in a relationship. Practices ranging from onanism to mass
interplay became acceptable.
The pan-sexualists held that androgyny was needlessly limiting in
scope.
If one could relate to any man or woman -- why not to a giraffe? A
condor?
A cabbage? A bowl of sand? A machine?
The ocean?
The sky?
To the cosmos?
To God?

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The most popular musical composition as of Mar 15, 2037, was ironically
a
hundred-year-old tune, complete with lyrics. Searches of nearly
forgotten
records revealed the names of the composer and lyricist. An old 78-rpm
shellac-disk rendition of the tune was discovered in a water-tight
vault
beneath a flooded city. The sound was transcribed and released once
again
to the world.
The original lyrics had been written by one Jacob Jacobs. A second
version, in English, was used on the shellac disk. These words were by
Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin. The music was by Sholom Secunda. The
singers
were Patti, Maxine and Laverne Andrews. The song was "Bei Mir bist du
Sch├╢n."
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