Focus Rule
Small inputs compound.
A sharper routine beats a louder ambition when the clock starts keeping score.
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July 20, 2015
A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
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Switzerland
- GDP/capita
- $103,998
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- 9.0M
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- 1.1%
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- 4.9%
- Tax
- 9.8%
- Life exp.
- 84.4
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