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01	C:	BUT THAT was (.) a sa:d story I mean
02		(if) we got the time
03		°f- fo(h)r it [here]°
04	B:	[oh] yeah [(v: laughs)] (v: laughs)
05		(0.356)
06		[u:m]
07	C:	like (.) he applied, to become a diplomat
08		(0.460)
07	B:	[yeah]
08	C:	[!got!] accepted starts with diplomatic (.) schooling
09		like he goes through the whole thing which is [!really! h]ard
10	A:	[right]
11	C:	like I’m I’m not even attempting it
12		(0.767)
13	A:	RIGHT this is [like to join the foreign] service, =
14	C:	[cos I think you sh-]
15	A:	=[ right¿]=
16	C:	[yeah ex]actly =
17	A:	[I think it takes like] three years=
18	B:	[yeah]
19	A:	=[doesn’t it]=
20	B:	[yeah]=
21	A:	=°to [do everything°]=
22	C:	=[°yeah°]=
23	B:	=°yeah°=
24	C:	= u:m and then they had a ↑budget cut. (.)
25		≈um oh I mean u:h:≈ (0.526) the United States reaches its# um
26		(1.127)
27		budget deficit,
28		>its maximum budget deficit< °what’s° (.)
29		°what’s that called again?°
30		(0.678)
31		°governmental°
32		(0.835)
33		tt >I don’t know so there’s a government shutdown<
34		(0.297)
35	A:	the [fiscal cliff]
36	C:	[a:nd the!fis]cal!=
37		=[yeah °yeah° (.)] and (.) uh=
38	A:	[°°yeah°°°yeah°]
39		C. =and so as a result all new positions are cut (0.545)
40	A:	[mm]
41	C:	[uh and] his position as a as a diplomat is cut (0.225)
42	A:	w[ow]
43	C:	[uh an]d they tell him
44		∼you have to reapply and try get in again∼
45		which is (.) I me- (.)!super! hard to get in and
46		[pass these] tests =
47	B:	[ye:ah (.) ya]
48	C:	= [and] (.) everything (0.317)
49	B:	[°yeah°]
50	C:	and so he was already like our oldest brother > was already born <
51	B:	y[eah]
52	C:	[u:m]#
53	C:	and I think (.) Alex the second oldest was already on the way
54		°and so like°°needed the money° °and went to uh° (.)
55		to become a lawyer for the military
56	A:	.tch °°oh°° for the for the United States military=
57	C:	=yeah=