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In their hands it became a weapon to justify their agendas — or at least a useful tool to expand their movements.

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The population, then at around 211 million, continued to expand, and many who at first worried for the carrying capacity of the planet became preoccupied with walling off the country and keeping the global population at bay.

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He has been a consistent supporter of many Israelis’ ambitions to expand into territories that would form part of any future Palestinian state.

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Schur says he had one rule as he and the writers set out to adapt the documentary into a half-hour sitcom: “We’re gonna have to change a bunch of stuff, we’re gonna have to expand a bunch of stuff, we’re going to create new characters that are not in the documentary, but the documentary is the North Star. That doesn’t mean the story as much as it means the feeling, which I don’t even know if I could describe, but I know what it is when I feel it.”

It marks a milestone for Netflix’s efforts to expand its live programming as it tries to boost its growing advertising business.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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