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And he acknowledged that “the place has many great advantages, among the foremost, of course, being Climate, and but a single drawback, which, however, is an extremely serious one — that of water shortage.”

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One drawback she'd discovered was that her matches weren't always close by – she'd had dates travel from hours away to meet up.

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But, as Agnes learns, turning trauma into an amorphous entity has its drawbacks, too.

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And although the streaming boom has had its drawbacks, it has also unearthed and popularized worthy cult classics, giving them a new life and the long-deserved veneration they deserve.

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Nevertheless, they argued that the drawbacks of masking exceeded the benefits.

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