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    Back to Joe Frank: Return Engagement

    Joe Frank: Return Engagement

    An Enterprising Man

    Grandiose business failures are celebrated: a ski resort built in the Sahara, an encyclopedic computer chip implanted in the brain; a teleportation booth to solve the problem of rush hour commuting; the dispersion of aphrodisiacs in war to distract the enemy.

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    Grandiose business failures are celebrated: a ski resort built in the Sahara, an encyclopedic computer chip implanted in the brain; a teleportation booth to solve the problem of rush hour commuting; the dispersion of aphrodisiacs in war to distract the enemy.

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