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In a novel of many threads, this is the gist: The saved are those who aren’t ashamed of who they are or where they came from.

That point is also the gist of the bipartisan letter, signed by 33 Republicans and five Democrats.

There's still time to catch up was his gist.

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The 'time of their lives', is the gist.

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But that’s the gist of what they would be asked to do, which bespeaks no small amount of hubris on Newsom’s part.

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