Etymology:
- In reference to Operation Market Garden, Allied airborne military operation of 1944.
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Cloning was an interesting concept. Cloning body parts was again just man's search for immortality riding on the back of naive altruistic medicinal benevolence. But cloning a person was a bridge too far.
Submitted on July 10, 2018
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جسر بعيد جدا
un puente muy lejos
un pont trop loin
बहुत दूर एक पुल
다리가 너무 멀다
міст занадто далеко
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