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    O E C Y [ M ^

    \ey Lr`w Gmkbobach Emrns0

    lr`ws. Ym`phm puroecsm oecg`gbhm tmc t` emhp rmhcx,

    `ftma wbte hbtthm te`ulet cn`ut e`w bt bs lr`wa, ecr-

    vmstmk, cak wemtemr bt wcs sprcymk wbte oemgbochs ̀ r

    brrckbctmk kurbal bgp`rt. B cg ecppy t` rmp`rt tect

    baormcsmk cttmatb`a t` f``k scfmty cak quchbty stca-

    kcrks, tem h`och f``k g`vmgmat, cak ̀ rlcabo lr`wbalgmte`ks crm oecalbal tebs. [em sblabffiocat w`rd `f

    `rlcabzctb`as suoe cs tem a`apr`ffit ]abtmk Yhcat

    _cvmrs ecs chs` mhmvctmk cwcrmamss cn`ut sustcba-

    cnbhbty f`r actbvm wbhk phcat p`puhctb`as tect crm ct

    rbsd, kum ba pcrt t` ̀ vmrecrvmstbal f`r tem emrn bakus-

    try. Baormcsbalhy, bakbvbkuchs, gcaufcoturmrs ̀ f emrnch

    pr`kuots, cak emchte prcotbtb`amrs crm kmgcakbal

    [em clrbouhturch rmv`hutb`a bs truhy ecppmabal, mspm-

    obchhy wemrm wm hbvm ba Vmrg`at. Amsthmk wbteba temsm

    lrmma r`hhbal ebhhs cak g`uatcbas bs c rboe o`ggu-

    abty `f sgchh fcrgs, `vmr ffivm euakrmk `f weboe crm

    omrtbffimk `rlcabo.3  [`kcy fcrgmrs crm lr`wbal cak

    pr`kuobal c gyrbck `f ‘chtmractbvm or`ps,‗ fr`gchpcocs t` orcanmrrbms, mgus t` guser``gs cak mvma

    rbom. Rmt wema csdmk wect dbak `f fcrg wm `wa cak

    `pmrctm, temrm crm ̀ ftma pmrphmxmk h``ds ̀ r cwdwcrk

    j`dms wema wm scy, ‘\m lr`w gmkbobach emrns.‗

    @aom bt‒s mstcnhbsemk tect wm‒rm a`t  lr`wbal gcrb-

    jucac, tem qumstb`as stcrt cak just k`a‒t st`p. ‘\ect

    dbak `f emrns k` y`u lr`w0 Crm temy ecrk t` lr`w0

    \eboe phcats lr`w emrm0 \emrm k` y`u smhh temg0 Bs

    bt pr`ffitcnhm0 Oca wm o`gm t` vbsbt0‗ Gcay pm`phm

    k`a‒t rmchbzm emrns crm usmk f`r gmkbobach purp`sms

    cak tect gcay `f tem pecrgcomutboch kruls temy crmfcgbhbcr wbte wmrm kmrbvmk fr`g phcat o`gp`uaks.

    [emy `ftma tebad g`rm `f emrns cs ouhbacry balrmkb-

    mats teca cs emchbal clmats. Bt bs ca matbrmhy amw

    o`aompt f`r g`st pm`phm tect gmkbobach emrns oca

    lr`w suoomssfuhhy ba Vmrg`at, wemrm tem wbatmrs crm

    o`hk cak h`al cak tem suggmr sua vcrbcnhm. Lr`w-

    bal h`och f``k gcdms smasm t` temg, nut lr`wbal

    h`och gmkbobam s`uaks rmv`hutb`acry.

    \bte tem mxph`sbvm lr`wte `f tem emrnch pr`kuots

    bakustry ba tem hcst twmaty ymcrs `r s`, g`rm pm`phm

    crm nmo`gbal cwcrm tect emrns oca baormcsm tembr

    wmhh-nmbal cak vbtchbty. Nut uatbh rmomathy tem punhbo‒s

    f`ous ecs nmma prbgcrbhy `a temrcpmutbo usms `f

    gmkbobach emrns, wbte hbtthm cttmatb`a pcbk t` wemrm

    tem phcats usmk ba emrnch pr`kuots `rblbactmk. F`r

    mxcgphm, gcay pm`phm usm moebacomc mxtrcots nut

    ecvm hbgbtmk uakmrstcakbal cn`ut e`w tem phcat

    Fblurm 3->. Moebacomc purpurmc ba fuhh nh``g. Ye`t`lrcpe

    o`urtmsy `f Dctm Ohmcrhblet

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    >  [em @rlcabo Gmkbobach Emrn Fcrgmr

    rboe cak fcsobactbal ebst`ry. \ebhm bt bs a`t uausuch

    t` emcr emrnchbsg rmfmrrmk t` ba tem ]abtmk _tctms

    cs ‘Amw Clmy,‗ tem mvbkmaom `f eugcas utbhbzbal

    gmkbobach phcats bs vmry, vmry `hk. _` `hk, ba fcot,

    tect ffifty-te`uscak-ymcr-`hk Amcakmrtech sdmhmt`as

    rmomathy mxocvctmk ba _pcba wmrm kmtmrgbamk t`

    ecvm tem rmgcbas `f tw` gmkbobachhy cotbvm phcats,

    ycrr`w cak oecg`gbhm, mgnmkkmk ba tem phcqum `a

    tembr tmmte. Ba a`rtemra Brcq sbxty-te`uscak-ymcr-`hk

    Amcakmrtech rmgcbas wmrm f`uak t` ecvm nmma nur-

    bmk wbte c ‘n`uqumt‗ ̀ f gmkbobach phcats o`atcbabal

    ycrr`w, mpemkrc, gchh`w, lr`uaksmh, cak omatcury.

    [em wrbttma rmo`rk `f gmkbobach phcat usclm ba

    g`kmra eugcas kctms ncod cppr`xbgctmhy ffivm te`u-

    scak ymcrs ba _ugmrbca cak Ncnyh`abca tmxts. Emrm

    ba A`rte Cgmrboc actbvm pm`phms eck c vcst da`wh-mklm `f gmkbobach `rc, gcay spmobms `f weboe crm

    tem g`st p`puhcr emrns usmk t`kcy. _csscfrcss r``t,

    f`r mxcgphm, nmocgm tem ffirst gcj`r o`gg`kbty or`p

    mxp`rtmk fr`g tem ]abtmk _tctms ncod t` Malhcak t`

    nm usmk ba c vcrbmty `f t`abos cak mxtrcots. O`h`absts

    chs` nr`ulet smvmrch spmobms `f emrns t` tem Amw

    \`rhk, gcay `f weboe qubodhy acturchbzmk emrm cak

    nmocgm tem ffirst a`aactbvm wmmks.

     Jugpbal cemck t` tem mcrhy twmatbmte omatury,

    `ur lrcakg`temrs out, stmcgmk, cak ctm kcakmhb`a

    lrmmas ba tem sprbal `f tem ymcr nmocusm, ba ckkbtb`at` tembr nmbal rmchhy tcsty, Lrcakgc damw temy wmrm

    l``k f`r emr. _em eck a`t rmck tem rmsmcroe rmp`rts

    kmg`astrctbal tect nbttmr smsqubtmrpmam hcot`ams ba

    kcakmhb`a hmcvms stbguhctm nbhm smormtb`as t` cbk ba tem

    kblmstbvm pr`omss. _em damw tebs sbgphy nmocusm mctbal

    kcakmhb`a hmcf gckm emr n`ky fmmh rmchhy l``k. _em

    usmk temsm phcats nmocusm temy wmrm rmckbhy cvcbhcnhm,

    frmm f`r tem pbodbal, cak rmgcrdcnhy mffmotbvm. [ebs

    wcs a`t uao`gg`a. G`st pm`phm `f emr lmamrctb`a

    eck c o`aamotb`a t` tem phcats ba tembr ncodycrks,

    w``ks, cak gmck`ws cak utbhbzmk temg f`r f``k cak

    gmkbobam, a`t `ahy nmocusm temsm phcats wmrm frmm `r

    mcsbhy `ntcbamk nut nmocusm temy wmrm mffmotbvm.

    [ema ch`al ocgm tem tmoea`h`lboch rmv`hutb`a,

    lbvbal rbsm t` o`atmgp`rcry gmkbobam cak wect gcay

    rmfmr t` cs tem ‘sbhvmr nuhhmt‗ cppr`coe. [ebs cppr`coe

    trmctmk tem pctbmat wbte syatemtbo kruls ̀ r surlmry t`

    cak wbhhbal t` pcy c prmgbug f`r eble-quchbty,

    `rlcabochhy lr`wa emrns. [emy crm a`t baohbamk t`

    smtthm f`r p``r-quchbty `r bgp`rtmk emrns tect crm

    brrckbctmk, sprcymk, cak lr`wa ba uaacturch, uasus-

    tcbacnhm, `r uamteboch wcys, mvma wema temy gcy nmhmss mxpmasbvm.

    Kmspbtm temsm baormcsmk kmgcaks, o`ggmrobch

    gmkbobach emrn fcrgbal ba tem ]abtmk _tctms bs stbhh ba

    bts rmhctbvm bafcaoy. Bt bs tbgm t` oecalm tect4 wm ammk

    t` baormcsm emrn lr`wbal ba mvmry stctm cak nb`rmlb`a.

    Chg`st mvmry spmobms `f gmkbobach emrns ba o`gg`a

    usm t`kcy o`uhk nm lr`wa emrm ba tem ]abtmk _tctms,

    fr`g Gcbam t` Ecwcbb. [emsm crm fmrtbhm tbgms f`r

    tem bakustry, cak bt bs tbgm t` matbom g`rm lr`wmrs

    bat` tem ffimhk cak t` mao`urclm mxbstbal fcrgmrs t`

    kbvmrsbfy tembr or`ps t` baohukm gmkbobach phcats.

    C Amw Cppr`coet` @hk-\`rhk GmkbobamBa `rkmr t` uakmrstcak wemrm wm crm l`bal, wm gust

    h``d ffirst ct wemrm wm‒vm nmma. Emrnchbsg ecs c

    Fblurm 3-?. Frmse gbhdy `cts nmbal prmpcrmk bat` c tbaoturm.

    Ye`t`lrcpe o`urtmsy `f Dctm Ohmcrhblet

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      \ey Lr`w Gmkbobach Emrns0 ?

    cak `temr emchte-ocrm prcotbtb`amrs crm rmo`labzbal

    tem mfffiocoy `f n`tcabochs cak crm fcr g`rm `pma t`

    tem batmlrctb`a `f gmkbobach emrns ba tembr trmctgmat

    pr`t`o`hs. Cftmr chh, chg`st >= pmromat `f g`kmra

    pecrgcomutboch kruls crm a`w `r ecvm nmma kmrbvmkfr`g phcat o`gp`uaks.> [ebs batmlrctbvm cppr`coe

    bs tem dmy t` nrbklbal tem lcp nmtwmma `hk-w`rhk

    cak amw-w`rhk gmkbobam cak bs c vbtch o`gp`amat t`

    bgpr`vbal cak gcbatcbabal tem emchte `f `ur phcamt

    cak bts baecnbtcats.

    \bte tem rmsurlmaom `f emrnch gmkbobam, tebs bs

    ca mxobtbal tbgm f`r te`sm `f us we` usm, lctemr, `r

    lr`w emchbal emrns. Ym`phm ammk temsm phcats. [emy

    wcat temg hbvm, krbmk, cak frmse‛f`r tem gmkbobam

    temy gcdm, tem lcrkmas temy lr`w, cak tem ohcssms

    temy tmcoe. Cs c rmsuht temrm bs c lr`wbal ammk f`r

    gmkbobach emrn fcrgs, cak temrm crm gcay wcys emrn

    lr`wmrs oca pcrtbobpctm ba cak nmo`gm ca batmlrch

    pcrt `f tebs lrmma g`vmgmat.

    Chte`ule temrm bs lrmct kmgcak f`r gmkbobach emrns

    cak cgczbal ̀ pp`rtuabtbms mxbst f`r fcrgmrs, temrm crm

    stbhh eurkhms fcobal tebs mgmrlbal bakustry. Ba >93? tem

    chhmvbctm sygpt`gs css`obctmk wbte kbsmcsm `r bajury

    ffirst cak f`rmg`st, webhm ckkrmssbal tem r``t ocusm ̀ f

    tem cbhgmat smo`akcrbhy, bf ct chh. Ba tem ]abtmk _tctms

    tebs typm `f gmkbobam nmocgm tem gcbastrmcg, cak

    ‘emchbal‗ nmocgm tem k`gbab`a `f emchte-ocrm pr`-

    vbkmrs. [em w`rk ‘krul‗ btsmhf o`gms fr`g tem @hk

    Frmaoe kr`lm-vctm, hbtmrchhy trcashctmk cs ‘phcat gmk-

    bobam st`rmk ba c ncrrmh,‗ nut tebals omrtcbahy oecalmk

    cs tect ̀ hk w`rk t``d ̀ a amw gmcabal. Gcay pm`phm

    hbdm ̀ ur lrcakg`temrs cak ̀ temrs ba sunsmqumat lma-

    mrctb`as mvmatuchhy nmocgm g`rm kbso`aamotmk fr`g

    tem phcats cak tembr h`och gmkbobams cak t`abos, cs

    o`avmabmaom trugpmk quchbty.

    F`rtuactmhy, temrm bs trcasf`rgctb`a cf``t, ba hcrlm

    pcrt cs c rmsuht ̀ f tem basbletfuh cak ecrk w`rd ̀ f tem

    emrnch o`gguabty. \ebhm ‘sbhvmr nuhhmt‗ gmte`k`h`-lbms stbhh prmk`gbactm ba g`st `f `ur e`spbtchs cak

    gmkboch ohbabos, wm crm baormcsbalhy mgp`wmrmk t`

    tcdm c g`rm prmvmatbvm cppr`coe t` `ur `wa emchte

    ocrm cak t` ckkrmss tem r``t ocusm ̀ f kbsmcsm ̀ r bajury.

    Yeyt`temrcpbms (phcat-ncsmk temrcpbms) ecvm nmma

    bastrugmatch ba tebs ‘amw‗ uakmrstcakbal ̀ f emchbal.

    Gcay rmfmr t` tebs pcrckblg sebft cs ‘tem emrnch

    rmacbsscaom.‗ Emrnch emchbal, ba tem wmst f`romk

    uakmrlr`uak `r amlhmotmk f`r pmrb`ks rcalbal fr`g

    kmockms t` omaturbms, ba gcay ouhturms bs rmsurfcobal.

    [ecads t` nmamffits pr`vbkmk ny g`kmra tmoea`h`l-boch ckvcaoms cak amwf`uak cpprmobctb`a, ba gcay

    wcys emrnch emchbal bs a`w nmo`gbal nmttmr cak

    g`rm mffmotbvm teca mvmr. \m ecvm ca cgczbal cak

    bavchucnhm ocoem `f baf`rgctb`a cak rms`uroms tect

    nmlca h`al cl` cs sp`dma w`rk fr`g vbhhclm emchmrs

    cak secgcas, mv`hvmk ter`ule wrbttma tmxts, cak ecs

    a`w matmrmk tem mhmotr`abo kctc-secrbal rmchg vbc tem

    \`rhk \bkm \mn. \m ecvm o`gm fuhh obrohm, rmturabal

    t` tem wbsk`g `f `ur mhkmrs webhm nubhkbal `a tem

    rmsmcroe, da`whmklm, cak basblets pr`vbkmk ny tem sob-

    matbffio o`gguabty, wbte n`tcabochs fr`at cak omatmr.

    Mkuoctb`a ecs chs` phcymk ca mssmatbch r`hm ba tebs

    emrnch rmv`hutb`a. Ohbaboch emrnchbsts crm stukybal ct

    coormkbtmk o`hhmlms, uabvmrsbtbms, cak `temr mkuoc-

    tb`ach ̀ rlcabzctb`as ct ca baormkbnhm rctm. [emy nrbal

    tebs caobmat ymt amwf`uak da`whmklm ncod t` tembr

    fcgbhbms cak o`gguabtbms. Yeysbobcas, vmtmrbacrbcas,

    Fblurm 3-;. \`rks tect emhpmk kmffiam cak secpm tem \mstmra

    emrnch g`vmgmat.

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      \ey Lr`w Gmkbobach Emrns0 =

    Eurkhms ba temFbmhk cak Gcrdmtphcom

    [moea`h`lboch ckvcaoms ba clrbouhturm `vmr tem pcstomatury ba tem ]abtmk _tctms ecvm hmk t` baormkbnhm

    lcbas ba o`gg`kbty or`p pr`kuotb`a mfffiobmaobms `a

    c pmr-corm ncsbs. Chg`st chh `f tebs tmoea`h`ly ecs

    l`am bat` kmvmh`pbal nbllmr cak fcstmr gcoebamry

    t` pr`kuom g`rm f``k, fumh, ffinmr, cak semhtmr, a`t

    gmkbobach phcats. [em w`rhk‒s hmckbal pr`kuomrs `f

    n`tcabochs, weboe baohukm Oebac, Bakbc, cak smvmrch

    mcstmra Mur`pmca o`uatrbms, crm wcy cemck `f tem

    ]abtmk _tctms ba tmrgs `f mqubpgmat, tmoeabqums,

    cak v`hugm f`r n`tcabochs pr`kuotb`a. [em ]_KC

    k`msa‒t mvma o`hhmot kctc rmlcrkbal tem pr`kuotb`a ̀ fgmkbobach emrns f`r o`ggmrom ba tem ]abtmk _tctms,

    s` cs fcr cs temy crm o`aomramk, bt‒s chg`st cs bf o`g-

    gmrobch gmkbobach emrn fcrgmrs k`a‒t mxbst emrm.

    [em sbgphm fcot bs tect tem rmsurlmaom `f emrn-

    chbsg ba tem ]abtmk _tctms bs rmhctbvmhy amw. @a c

    actb`ach sochm wm crm just octoebal up t` wect tem

    rmst `f tem w`rhk ecs nmma k`bal chh ch`al: batmlrct-

    bal g`kmra tmoea`h`lboch gmkbobam bat` ca chrmcky

    mxbstbal f`uakctb`a `f acturch emchbal prcotboms.

    N`tcabochs crm tem ffirst oe`bom ba prmvmatbvm emchte

    ocrm ba g`st o`uatrbms `utsbkm tem ]abtmk _tctms cak

    Ocackc. [emsm o`uatrbms ecvm kmvmh`pmk spmobchbzmk

    mqubpgmat cak tmoeabqums t` a`t `ahy supphy tembr

    `wa rcw gctmrbch ammks nut chs` pr`kuom ma`ule

    surphus t` mxp`rt t` o`uatrbms hbdm `urs tect crm wcy

    nmebak tem ourvm. A`w a`t `ahy crm wm nuybal tembr

    emrns, wm crm chs` nuybal cak bgp`rtbal (g`st `ftma

    ]abtmk _tctms bgp`rtmk 9,999 t` $;9,999 pmr corm

    lr`wbal kcakmhb`a r``t cak hmcf0 Em o`uhk ckk

    ca`temr tma spmobms `f or`ps t` kbvmrsbfy ebs `ffmrbal

    cak o`vmr-or`p echf `f ebs hcak cs pcrt `f c r`tctb`a

    t` nmlba rmst`rbal tem `rlcabo gcttmr kmphmtmk fr`g

    ymcrs ̀ f p``r fcrgbal prcotboms. Em o`uhk ebrm c o`a-

    suhtcat spmobchbzbal ba n`tcaboch pr`kuotb`a, rmtr`ffit

    tect o`gnbam t` ecrvmst oecg`gbhm cak ̀ temr n`tca-

    bochs wbte bt. Em o`uhk o`avmrt ebs lrcba nbas t` emrn

    kmeykrct`rs cak o`atcot s`gm `f tem te`uscaks `f

    sgchh cak hcrlm emrnch pr`kuot gcaufcoturmrs ba tem

    ]abtmk _tctms we` crm kmspmrctmhy smcroebal f`r

    k`gmstbo s`uroms `f eble-quchbty nuhd emrns. _`uaks

    sbgphm, rblet0 \mhh, bf `ahy bt wmrm tect mcsy.

    Fblurm 3-

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    6  [em @rlcabo Gmkbobach Emrn Fcrgmr

    gcturm, g`rm gmkbc rmp`rts surfcomk4 ̀ ahy tebs tbgm,

    bastmck `f t`utbal tem nmamffits `f tebs p`tmat phcat,

    amw stukbms ocgm `ut tect cttmgptmk t` kmnuad prm-

    vb`us ffiakbals. Emckhbams suoe cs ‘Moebacomc hmcvms

    usmrs ba tem o`hk‗ smat schms `f supphmgmats o`atcba-

    bal moebacomc phuggmtbal ct tem scgm tbgm tect gcay

    fcrgmrs wmrm lmttbal rmcky t` ecrvmst tembr amw ‘ocse

    or`p.‗ _ukkmahy tem moebacomc gcrdmt wcs ``kmk,

    cak tem prbom phuggmtmk. Gcay fcrgmrs wmrm f`romk

    t` ph`w tembr or`ps uakmr t` out tembr h`ssms. [ebs wcs

    c t`ule babtbctb`a bat` lr`wbal gmkbobachs f`r gcay

    fcrgmrs ct tem tbgm cak ecs eck hbalmrbal mffmots `a

    tem uaomrtcbaty `f tem gmkbobachs gcrdmt.

    Ca`temr oechhmalm fcobal nmlbaabal emrn fcrgmrs

    bs tem hcod `f mkuoctb`ach rms`uroms cvcbhcnhm t`

    lubkm temg ba mstcnhbsebal tembr or`ps cak gcrdmts.[emrm bs ca `vmrwemhgbal kctcncsm `f baf`rgctb`a

    cvcbhcnhm t` lr`wmrs `f o`avmatb`ach or`ps cak suoe

    pr`kuots cs vmlmtcnhms, gbhd, cak lrcbas, nut wema bt

    o`gms t` chtmractbvm or`ps suoe cs gmkbobachs, temrm

    bs c smrb`us kmffiobt `f mcsbhy coomssbnhm cak coourctm

    da`whmklm. [em l`ch `f tebs n``d bs t` emhp pcvm tem

    wcy f`r c amw nrmmk `f fcrg cak fcrgmr.

    Hbdm g`st `temr clrbouhturch matmrprbsms, gmkbob-

    ach emrn fcrgs vcry wbkmhy ba sbzm, gcrdmt, gmte`ks

    usmk, cak pr`kuots lr`wa. [emrm crm s`gm lblcatbo

    o`ggmrobch emrn fcrgs ba mcstmra Mur`pm cak Bakbc,f`r mxcgphm, wbte g`rm teca c te`uscak corms ba pr`-

    kuotb`a, cak tema temrm crm tbay emrn fcrgs chh `vmr

    tem w`rhk fcrgbal ca corm `r hmss. Chte`ule gmkbob-

    ach emrn fcrgs crm uabqum cak rmhctbvmhy uao`gg`a

    cs fcr cs fcrgs l`, mspmobchhy ba tem ]abtmk _tctms,

    temy crm a`t chh tect kbffmrmat fr`g gcay g`rm ‘o`a-

    vmatb`ach‗ typm clrbouhturch `pmrctb`as.

    [` tem ocsuch `nsmrvmr Zcod \``ks Emrn Fcrg

    (Z\EF) w`uhk hbdmhy cppmcr guoe hbdm tect `f c

    sgchh, kbvmrsm vmlmtcnhm fcrg, wbte lrmmae`usms cak

    r`w cftmr r`w ̀ f vcrb`us spmobms ̀ f uabf`rghy phcatmk

    or`ps tmakmk ny ffimhk w`rdmrs krbvbal trcot`rs cak

    w`rdbal tem mcrte wbte tembr ecaks `r wbte t``hs. Bf

    tect `nsmrvmr wmrm t` h``d oh`smhy, te`ule, sem gblet

    a`tbom tect gcay `f tem or`ps lr`wa `a tebs fcrg

    rmsmgnhm phcats sem w`uhk g`rm hbdmhy phcat cs ̀ rac-

    gmatchs ba emr `wmr nmks rctemr teca phcats tect

    ct mx`rnbtcat o`sts) tem spmobchbzmk mqubpgmat temy

    ecvm kmvmh`pmk t` pr`kuom n`tcabochs ba ca cttmgpt

    t` supphy `ur `wa k`gmstbo emrn ammks.

    Cs c actb`a wm ammk t` sebft `ur cttmatb`a cwcy

    fr`g c gy`pbo f`ous ̀ a o`gg`kbty or`ps cak utbhbzm

    `ur vcst clrbouhturch tmoea`h`lbms, rms`uroms, cak

    da`whmklm t` kbvmrsbfy cak baohukm lr`wbal g`rm

    gmkbobach phcat or`ps ̀ a c o`ggmrobch sochm. Nmocusm

    hcrlm clrbnusbamssms ecvm nmma rmhuotcat t` k` tebs,

    temrm bs `pp`rtuabty emrm f`r h`och lr`wmrs `a sgchh

    fcrgs cr`uak tem o`uatry t` gmmt tebs kmgcak ba ca

    mo`h`lbochhy, ffiacaobchhy sustcbacnhm cak g`rch wcy.

    Rmt cs fcrgmrs mgnrcom tem bkmc ̀ f lr`wbal gmkbo-

    bachs, temy crm fcomk wbte ca`temr hmcrabal ourvm ba

    tem n`tcabochs gcrdmtphcom. ]ahbdm tem gcrdmts f`r

    s`y, o`ra, cak `temr o`gg`kbtbms, tem n`tcabochsgcrdmt oca nm mxtrmgmhy v`hctbhm cak bs ̀ ftma sunjmot

    t` tem hctmst trmaks cak rmsmcroe rmp`rts. Gcay ba tem

    bakustry rmfmr t` tebs cs tem ‘Kr. @z (c ocrkb`te`rcobo

    surlm`a, cute`r, cak p`puhcr [V e`st we` cots cs

    c emchte luru t` tem gcssms) pema`gma`a.‗ Emrm

    `a `ur emrn fcrg tem pe`am rbals kcbhy wbte ochhs

    fr`g oust`gmrs baqubrbal cn`ut `r phcobal `rkmrs

    f`r tem nuhd emrns wm lr`w. @oocsb`achhy temrm wbhh

    nm c a`tbomcnhm spbdm ba kmgcak f`r c pcrtbouhcr cak

    `ftmatbgms rmhctbvmhy ̀ nsourm spmobms `f emrn. \m cak

    gcay `temrs ecvm a`tbomk tect temrm smmgs t` nm co`rrmhctb`a nmtwmma temsm spbdms cak wect Kr. @z

    cak `temrs hbdm ebg ecvm tchdmk cn`ut `a tembr hctmst

    amtw`rd tmhmvbsb`a mpbs`km. \ebhm tebs oca nm lrmct

    punhbobty, temrm bs chs` baemrmat rbsd ba bt. Ba tem mcrhy

    3229s, f`r mxcgphm, wema c gcj`r tmhmvbsb`a amtw`rd

    amws se`w pr`kuomk c st`ry t`utbal tem vbrtums `f

    Moebacomc purpurmc cak bts p`tmat bgguam-n``stbal

    cotbvbtbms, schms ̀ f emrnch pr`kuots o`atcbabal moebac-

    omc wmat ter`ule tem r``f, cs kbk tem prbom `f nuhd

    moebacomc r``t, hmcf, cak `wmr. Kmgcak s`crmk, cak

    gcay fcrgmrs gckm tembr ffirst cttmgpt ct kbvmrsbfybal

    tembr t`ncoo` `r vmlmtcnhm fcrgs ny phcatbal smvmrch

    corms `f moebacomc.

    Ba tem tw` t` termm ymcrs tect bt t``d f`r tem pmrma-

    abch moebacomc or`p t` gcturm, prboms cak `ptbgbsg

    s`crmk cs g`rm moebacomc wcs phcatmk. [ema rmchbty

    smt ba. Cftmr termm ymcrs `f wcbtbal f`r tem or`p t`

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    fcrgbal) t` cs gcay cs tma corms ̀ f or`ps ourrmathy ba

    pr`kuotb`a cs `f tem wrbtbal `f tebs n``d.

    @am gcy w`akmr wey wm k`a‒t just utbhbzm `ur

    `wa tma corms `f hcak f`r or`p pr`kuotb`a bastmck

    `f hmcsbal ckkbtb`ach hcak, sbaom tect bs tem sochm

    wm crm ourrmathy w`rdbal `a. [em caswmr t` tect

    qumstb`a bs termmf`hk. [em prbgcry rmcs`a wm hmcsm

    g`rm hcak teca wm ammk t` phcat `ur r`w or`ps `a

    bs tect wm r`tctm or`ps ba vcrb`us ymcrs fr`g ffimhk

    t` ffimhk kmpmakbal `a phcat cak s`bh ammks. _mo`ak,

    wm wbhk-ecrvmst (chs` da`wa cs wbhkorcftbal) vcrb-

    `us spmobms lr`wbal wbhk `a kbffmrmat crmcs `f temsm

    nb`h`lbochhy kbvmrsm trcots `f hcak4 ffiachhy, wm fmmh bt

    bs bgp`rtcat t` ecvm ca mxtrc ouseb`a ̀ f ̀ pp`rtuabty

    ba ocsm wm kmobkm t` mxpcak `ur sochm shblethy. \ebhm

    tem cvmrclm tma corms `f hcak wm ecvm phcatmk fr`gymcr t` ymcr bs prbgcrbhy utbhbzmk f`r r`w or`ppbal,

    tem rmgcbakmr `f tem hcak bs mbtemr fchh`w wbte act-

    urch s`k o`vmr `r phcatmk wbte s`bh-nubhkbal o`vmr

    or`ps ba prmpcrctb`a f`r futurm phcatbals.

    [e`ule rmhctbvmhy rcrm cs fcr cs fcrgmrs l`, tem

    gmkbobach emrn fcrgmr bs a`t uahbdm g`st `temr clrb-

    ouhturch matrmprmamurs ba nusbamss t`kcy. \m rbsm ct

    kcwa cak w`rd ecrk wbte tem hcak, hbgbtmk gcbahy ny

    `ur peysboch stcgbac cak kcyhblet e`urs. \m l` t` nmk

    t` rmoecrlm, cak wm rbsm clcba, `ftma fcomk wbte amw

    oechhmalms, mxpmotctb`as, cak rmwcrks. [em rmwcrkscrma‒t chwcys g`amtcry `r mvma coda`whmklmk ny

    `temrs. _`gmtbgms temy crm cs sbgphm cs dammhbal

    k`wa `a ca Cprbh g`rabal webhm tem hcst `f tem sa`w

    gmhts cwcy cak wbtamssbal tem uafurhbal `f tem ffirst

    nh``kr``t `wmrs t` `pma. _`gmtbgms tem rmwcrks

    oca nm trmgmak`us cs kbso`vmrbal tect tem lbasmal

    smmks tect y`u phcatmk ba y`ur smormt ecrkw``k scao-

    tucry lmrgbactmk cak survbvmk tem ffirst smvmrch ymcrs

    `f hbfm ba tembr amw e`gm wbte`ut nmbal kmv`urmk ny

    kmmr cak r`kmats ̀ r st`hma ny p`coemrs. [e`sm lbasmal

    phcats wbhh e`pmfuhhy ba tbgm pr`kuom c or`p ̀ f vbcnhm

    smmk f`r y`u t` phcat t` rmphcom tem gcturm r``ts y`u

    wbhh ecrvmst cak gcrdmt wema temy rmcoe gcturbty.

    [em oechhmalms wbte lr`wbal cak gcrdmtbal

    gmkbobach emrns o`ggmrobchhy, ̀ a tem ̀ temr ecak, oca

    nm augmr`us, mvma k`warblet gckkmabal ct tbgms,

    cak kmgcak tect wm utbhbzm baa`vctbvm gmte`ks t`

    w`uhk pr`kuom f``k t` st`od emr pcatry `r fmmk emr

    cabgchs wbte.

    [em vcst gcj`rbty `f spmobms wm lr`w `a `ur emrn

    fcrg crm pmrmaabch emrncom`us `wmrbal phcats, smv-

    mrch ̀ f weboe crm ba fcot ̀ ftma gcrdmtmk cak lr`wa cs

    `racgmatch phcats. _`gm `f tem spmobms `f phcats wm

    lr`w o`uhk mvma nm te`ulet `f cs ‘or`ss`vmr‗ phcats,

    gmcabal temy o`uhk nm o`asbkmrmk n`te f``k cak

    gmkbobam. Ebpp`orctms wcs kmffiabtmhy `a t` s`gmtebal

    wema em fcg`ushy scbk, ‘Hmt f``k nm tey gmkbobam

    cak gmkbobam nm tey f``k.‗ Lcrhbo bs pr`ncnhy tem

    g`st `nvb`us or`ss`vmr phcat, nut temrm crm `temrs,

    baohukbal nurk`od r``t, kcakmhb`a lrmmas, stbalbal

    amtthms, cak gcay, gcay g`rm, baohukbal g`st `f tem

    o`gg`a ouhbacry emrns, weboe smrvm kuch purp`sms.

    \ebhm temrm crm s`gm sbgbhcrbtbms nmtwmma vmlmtc-nhm fcrgs cak gmkbobach emrn fcrgs, tem kbffmrmaoms

    crm augmr`us. \emrmcs vmlmtcnhm fcrgs crm prbgcrbhy

    lr`wbal caauch or`ps ecrvmstmk frmse cak nr`ulet

    t` gcrdmt rcpbkhy nmf`rm temy sp`bh, gmkbobach emrn

    fcrgs crm lr`wbal g`sthy pmrmaabch or`ps, s`gm `f

    weboe ammk termm `r g`rm ymcrs `f lr`wte nmf`rm

    temy crm ecrvmstmk. \ebhm s`gm emrns crm gcrdmtmk

    frmse, tem gcj`rbty `f tem emrns pr`kuomk f`r tem

    nuhd gmkbobach emrn gcrdmt crm kmeykrctmk cak pr`-

    omssmk nmf`rm schm. [emrm crm gcay g`rm kbffmrmaoms

    nmtwmma gmkbobach emrn fcrgs cak `temr g`rm o`g-g`a clrbouhturch matmrprbsms, weboe wm wbhh kbsouss

    ba hctmr oecptmrs.

    \ebhm sgchh o`gpcrmk t` gcay fcrgs, s`gmtbgms

    `ur fcrg fmmhs ma`rg`us t` Gmhcabm cak gm cak `ur

    gcba ormw `f ffivm mgph`ymms cs wm try t` gcaclm

    bts guhtbphm o`gp`amats, `ftmatbgms sbguhtcam`ushy.

    Z\EF bs c l``k mxcgphm `f c kbvmrsm, sgchh t`

    gbksochm omrtbffimk-`rlcabo gmkbobach emrn fcrg. \m

    ourrmathy ̀ wa tma corms ̀ f hcak, cak omatrchhy h`octmk

    wbteba tebs tma-corm trcot `f or`phcak cak w``khcak

    crm `ur e`gm, brrblctb`a p`ak, cak vcrb`us fcrg

    nubhkbals (weboe wm wbhh kbsouss ba oecptmr ;). Ba

    ckkbtb`a t` tem tma corms `f hcak tect wm `wa, wm

    chs` hmcsm fr`g tw` amblen`rs ca ckkbtb`ach twmaty

    corms. @ut `f temsm tebrty corms tect wm mbtemr `wa

    `r hmcsm, `ur t`tch or`p pr`kuotb`a ecs vcrbmk ba sbzm

    fr`g `am corm `f or`ps ba 3222 (tem ymcr wm stcrtmk

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    tem phcats cak trmms tect crm tem ffirst t` `ooupy tem

    aboem hmft `pma cftmr tem o`ws ocgm e`gm `am hcst

    tbgm. [em nrcgnhms wmrm ffirst, tembr tmacob`us te`ras

    mstcnhbsebal c acturch ncrnmk-wbrm fmaom t` pr`tmot

    tem amw rmsbkmats `f tebs pbmom `f mcrte. Lr`wbal

    ba cak cg`al tem w``ky nrcgnhms crm c k`zma `r

    g`rm spmobms `f emrncom`us phcats, fualb, lrcssms,

    fmras, cak hmlugms. [em trmms crm stcrtbal t` stcak up

    pr`uk ba tem gmck`w. A`w wm smm wect ca cgczbal

    j`n tem nbrks, kmmr, cak `temr wbalmk cak f`ur-hmllmk

    ormcturms ecvm k`am ba ‘smmkbal‗ tebs gmck`w. \bhk

    cpphm, ecwte`ra, pbam, pba oemrry, qucdbal cspma

    trmms, cak `temr amwo`gmrs crm mstcnhbsebal tem

    f`uakctb`a f`r wect wbhh mvmatuchhy nmo`gm ffirst

    ca crn`rmch s`ftw``k f`rmst. \ema temsm se`rt-

    hbvmk s`ftw``ks kbm `ff cak tembr kmocybal n`kbms

    masurm ffiacaobch cs wmhh cs spbrbtuch lcbas webhm w`rd-

    bal ba pcrtamrsebp wbte tem acturm tect surr`uaks us.

    Kbvmrsbty: [em Nmamffits `fY`hyouhturm cak Ymrmaabch Or`ps

    Kmspbtm augmr`us oechhmalms, temrm crm gcay wcys

    lr`wmrs oca ffiak suoomss w`rdbal wbte emchbal phcats.

    \ema wm h``d ct tem wcy temsm phcats lr`w acturchhy,

    uacssbstmk ny eugcas, wm smm baormkbnhm kbvmrsbty ba

    tem hcaksocpm. Ba tem eble gmck`w `a tem ebhh cn`vm

    `ur fcrg, f`r mxcgphm, tem hcak ecs nmma fchh`w f`r

    ymcrs. [em kcbry fcrg tect prmvb`ushy `ooupbmk tem

    hcak bs nut c sdmhmtch rmgacat `f bts f`rgmr smhf, tem

    fcrgmr ecvbal s`hk tem hcak f`r c kmvmh`pgmat tect

    ecs f`rtuactmhy fcbhmk t` gctmrbchbzm. [em ̀ hk pcsturm

    bs nmbal rmohcbgmk ny tem s`-ochhmk ‘pb`ammr spmobms,‗

    Fblurm 3-5. G`temrw`rt ba fuhh `wmr cak terbvbal. Ye`t`lrcpe o`urtmsy `f Nmtecay N`ak

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    kcbry fcrgmr, wbte chh l``k batmatb`as f`r gcdbal c

    hbvbal `a tebs ebhhsbkm, rmg`vmk ca baormkbnhy kbvmrsm

    w``khcak, rboe wbte fualchhy k`gbacat s`bhs, cak

    rmphcomk bt wbte `am sbalhm spmobms: o`ra. [ebs g`a`-

    or`p `f o`ra pr`ncnhy ybmhkmk c n`uatbfuh ecrvmst ba

    tem babtbch ymcrs, nut mvmatuchhy, a` gcttmr e`w guoe

    gcaurm em sprmck `a tem hcak, em a`tbomk ebs ybmhks

    kmohbabal fr`g wmmk, kbsmcsm, cak basmot prmssurm.

    [ema em turamk t` oemgbochs t` cssbst ebg. [em

    oemgbochs w`rdmk wmhh ct ffirst ny fmrtbhbzbal tem s`bh,

    dbhhbal basmots cak wmmks, cak rmkuobal kbsmcsms. Nut

    mvmatuchhy, temy t`` fcbhmk t` rmtura tem hcak t` bts

    eble-ybmhkbal lh`ry kcys.

    [em fcrgmr tema rmchbzmk tect tem hcak wcs tbrmk

    cak ammkmk c r`tctb`a, s` em phcatmk rmk oh`vmr cak

    tbg`tey lrcss t` lrczm tem o`ws ̀ a cak out f`r sbhclm.

    Fblurm 3-2. Kbvmrsm w``khcak nmks ̀ f l`hkmasmch, wbhk lbalmr, nh``kr``t, cak gcycpphm. Ye`t`lrcpe o`urtmsy `f Nmtecay N`ak

    o`atrbnutm t` tem eugus hcymr, tem ecrkw``ks, suoe

    cs sulcr gcphm, Cgmrboca nmmoe, cak ymhh`w nbroe

    wbhh k`gbactm cak mvmatuchhy lr`w t` c gclabffiomat

    ohbgcx f`rmst. ]akmramcte chh `f tebs, wm smm tem teba

    hcymr `f eugus just stcrtbal t` f`rg. Amxt, wm o`gm

    bat` tem t`ps`bh, weboe bs just stcrtbal t` rmlcba tem

    kmhboctm nb`h`lboch nchcaom bt eck nmf`rm bt wcs kbs-

    turnmk. Bt bs phcybal e`st t` c terbvbal o`gguabty `f

    fualb, ncotmrbc, pr`t`z`c, cak bavmrtmnrctms. [em s`bh

    bs teba up emrm `a tebs ecrksorcnnhm Vmrg`at ebhhsbkm,

    nut bt wcs guoe tebodmr nmf`rm eugcas ffirst nr`dm

    lr`uak cak wbhh, wm e`pm, rmtura clcba s`gmkcy t`

    bts f`rgmr lh`ry, nut `ahy bf tem e`usbal kmvmh`pgmat

    k`msa‒t gctmrbchbzm.

    [em s`bh bs rmhctbvmhy teba ba tebs ffimhk, a`t `ahy

    nmocusm `f tem ecrse h`octb`a nut chs` nmocusm tem

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    H`wmr Ymst cak Kbsmcsm _usomptbnbhbty

    Bf y`u csd g`st fcrgmrs t` acgm tem nbllmst oech-

    hmalms ba lr`wbal tembr or`ps pr`ffitcnhy, temy crm

    chg`st omrtcba t` hbst pmst cak kbsmcsm bssums. [emrm

    crm rmcs`as temsm oechhmalms crm s` o`gg`a `a

    fcrgs cak ba lcrkmas. Bastmck `f eurhbal wrctefuh

    oursms cak oemgbochs ct temsm ouhprbts, pmrecps wm

    se`uhk stmp ncod cak tcdm c h``d ba tem pr`vmrnbch

    gbrr`r. Vbrtuchhy chh spmobms `f f``k, ffinmr, cak fumh

    phcats tect crm lr`wa cak usmk t`kcy ocgm t` us

    fr`g phcat nrmmkbal. [emsm phcats ecvm nmma or`ss-

    nrmk ny eugcas f`r te`uscaks `f ymcrs t` pr`kuom

    amw vcrbmtbms wbte kmsbrcnhm trcbts cak oecrcotmrbs-

    tbos. F`r mxcgphm, c cv`rfuh cak kbsmcsm-rmsbstcat

    nut rmhctbvmhy h`w-ybmhkbal t`gct` bs or`ssmk wbte

    c nhcak-tcstbal, eble-ybmhkbal t`gct`, wbte tem makl`ch nmbal t` bgpr`vm up`a tem cv`r, ybmhk, cak

    kbsmcsm rmsbstcaom `f c sbalhm vcrbmty. @temr spmobms

    `f phcats crm lmamtbochhy g`kbffimk ny ckkbal spmobffio

    lmams bat` c phcat ba ca cttmgpt t` ‘bgpr`vm‗ bt.

    Yhcat nrmmkbal ecs omrtcbahy emhk ca bgp`rtcat

    r`hm ba bgpr`vbal phcats t` oh`tem, fumh, fmmk, cak

    semhtmr us, nut bt ecs o`gm ct c o`st. \emtemr bt

    nm ter`ule ohcssboch nrmmkbal `r lmamtbo g`kbffi-

    octb`a, gcay `f tem vcrbmtbms `f phcats tect ecvm

    mgmrlmk fr`g tebs tmoea`h`ly ecvm suffmrmk fr`g

    wmcdamssms suoe cs pmst- cak kbsmcsm-kcgclm sus-omptbnbhbty cak p`ssbnhy mvma kmohbabal autrbtb`ach

    vchum. C stuky punhbsemk ba tem  J`urach `f tem

    Cgmrboca O`hhmlm `f Autrbtb`a  ba >99;, matbthmk

    ‘Oecalms ba ]_KC F``k O`gp`sbtb`a Kctc f`r

    ;? Lcrkma Or`ps, 32=9 t` 3222,‗ o`gpcrmk autrb-

    tb`ach cachysms `f vmlmtcnhms k`am ba 32=9 cak ba

    3222, cak f`uak sunstcatbch kmormcsms ba sbx `f

    tebrtmma autrbmats gmcsurmk, baohukbal 6 pmromat `f

    pr`tmba cak ?5 pmromat `f rbn`cvba. ^mkuotb`as ba

    ochobug, pe`spe`rus, br`a, cak cso`rnbo cobk wmrm

    chs` f`uak. [em stuky, o`akuotmk ct tem Nb`oemg-

    boch Bastbtutm `f tem ]abvmrsbty `f [mxcs ct Custba,

    o`aohukmk ba suggcry: ‘\m sullmst tect cay rmch

    kmohbams crm lmamrchhy g`st mcsbhy mxphcbamk ny

    oecalms ba ouhtbvctmk vcrbmtbms nmtwmma 32=9 cak

    3222, ba weboe temrm gcy nm trckm-`ffs nmtwmma

    ybmhk cak autrbmat o`atmat.‗=

    Em gcy `r gcy a`t ecvm da`wa tect rmk oh`vmr bs c

    hmlugm tect tcdms abtr`lma `ut `f tem cbr cak emhps

    tura bt bat` frmm fmrtbhbzmr vbc c sygnb`tbo rmhctb`asebp

    ba bts r``ts nmtwmma ncotmrbc, abtr`lma, cak `xylma.

    Em pr`ncnhy kbk a`tbom, e`wmvmr, cftmr c ymcr `r tw`

    `f lr`wbal ch`al wbte smcs`ach gcaurm cpphboctb`a,

    tect tem gbxmk f`rclm or`p em phcatmk t` rmphcom tem

    o`ra wcs emchtey, pr`kuotbvm, cak frmm ̀ f pmst cak kbs-

    mcsm pr`nhmgs. [ebs wcs c stcrt ba tem rblet kbrmotb`a.

    Kbvmrsbty bs `am `f tem g`st bgp`rtcat fcot`rs ba

    c emchtey mo`systmg. Ct Z\EF wm lr`w g`rm teca

    ffifty kbffmrmat spmobms `f gmkbobach emrns. Chte`ule

    wm phcat g`st `f temsm spmobms smpcrctmhy t` mcsm ba

    ouhtbvctb`a cak ecrvmst, temrm bs stbhh ca baormkbnhm

    cg`uat `f kbvmrsbty wbteba sgchh trcots `f hcak. \m

    phcat nmks wbte guhtbphm r`ws `f phcats, cak wbtebatemsm nmks, wema p`ssbnhm, wm phcat smvmrch kbffmrmat

    spmobms sbkm ny sbkm t` cttmgpt t` gcbatcba tem mo`-

    h`lboch nchcaom cak kbvmrsbty tect wm f`uak emrm `a

    tebs hcak nmf`rm wm fcrgmk bt.

    \m chs` mgph`y pmrgcouhturm gmte`ks wemamvmr

    p`ssbnhm ny lr`wbal prbgcrbhy pmrmaabch or`ps. C

    vcst gcj`rbty `f tem gmkbobach emrn spmobms o`g-

    g`ahy lr`wa cak usmk t`kcy crm pmrmaabchs. [ebs

    lbvms emrn fcrgmrs c lrmct nmamffit ba o`gpcrbs`a t`

    gcay ̀ temr o`ggmrobch or`ps suoe cs vmlmtcnhms cak

    lrcbas tect ammk t` nm rmphcatmk mcoe ymcr. Emrm `a`ur fcrg wm lmamrchhy lmt termm t` ffivm smcs`as `r

    g`rm `f lr`wte cak ecrvmst fr`g temsm pmrmaabch

    or`ps nmf`rm tem phcats‒ vbl`r wcams, tem wmmk prms-

    surm nubhks, cak tem phcats ‘se`w us‗ tect temy crm

    lmttbal tbrmk. Cftmr wm tbhh tem `hk nmks ba, wm `ftma

    rmphcom temg wbte ‘lrmma gcaurms‗ `r o`vmr or`ps

    o`asbstbal ̀ f c abtr`lma-ffixbal hmlugm o`gnbamk wbte

    c nb`gcss-pr`kuobal caauch. \m chs` cpphy o`gp`st

    cak gbamrch p`wkmrs ct phcatbal tbgm cak cs ammkmk

    t` fmmk `ur s`bh. [ebs smgbpmrgcamat systmg rmkuoms

    hcn`r cak gctmrbchs o`sts krcgctbochhy cak chh`ws

    tem s`bh t` gcbatcba c emchtey, stctbo nchcaom rctemr

    teca nmbal tbhhmk mvmry ymcr. [ebs bs p`hyouhturm, a`t

    g`a`ouhturm. \m crm sbgphy cttmgptbal t` bgbtctm

    acturm `a c sgchhmr sochm, cak ba s` k`bal, wm crm

    gcbatcbabal tem nchcaom `f c emchtey cak kbvmrsm

    mo`systmg webhm sbguhtcam`ushy gcxbgbzbal pr`ffits.

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    tem fcrgmr‒s emchte, cs wmhh cs tem emchte `f nmamffiobch

    p`hhbactbal cak prmkct`ry basmots cak tem surr`uak-

    bal mavbr`agmat. [em rmcs`as f`r h`wmr basmot cakkbsmcsm prmssurm `a p`hyouhturch emrn fcrgs crm rmhc-

    tbvmhy sbgphm: kbvmrsbffioctb`a, te`uletfuh phcatbal `f

    basmotcrbms, cak lr`wbal `f ‘wbhk‗ phcat spmobms. [ebs

    chh ckks up t` c emchtebmr, g`rm pr`ffitcnhm matmrprbsm.

    Bt chh`ws us t` f`ous ̀ a lr`wbal emchtey phcats webhm

    gcbatcbabal kbvmrsbty ba `ur hcaksocpm. Bt bs c wba-

    wba sbtuctb`a f`r tem eugcas, tem phcats, cak tem

    basmots cak `temr ormcturms tect kwmhh `a tebs hcak

    cak bts cbr cak wctmr.

    Kmeykrctb`a ^mkuoms YmrbsecnbhbtyYmrbsecnbhbty bs ca`temr oechhmalm tect gcay ‘o`avma-

    tb`ach‗ fcrgmrs fcom. \emtemr bt nm gbhd, vmlmtcnhms,

    `wmrs, frubt, gmct, `r mvma s`gm lrcbas, bt `ftma

    o`gms k`wa t` c rcom clcbast tbgm t` lmt tem f``k

    bat` oust`gmrs‒ dbtoemas nmf`rm tem ncotmrbc cak

    fualb o`gm ba cak sp`bh tem pcrty.

    Eble pmst cak kbsmcsm susomptbnbhbty crm `ftma tem

    ncam `f tem o`gg`kbty cak vmllbm fcrgmr nut f`r-

    tuactmhy rcrmhy oechhmalm tem gmkbobach emrn fcrgmr

    we` mgph`ys p`hyouhturch gmte`ks. @vmr 29 pmromat

    `f tem phcats o`gg`ahy usmk f`r gmkbobach purp`sms

    crm ouhtbvctmk, k`gmstboctmk vmrsb`as `f wbhk phcats.

    [emsm k`gmstboctmk phcats crm stbhh rmhctbvmhy bakbs-

    tbalubsecnhm fr`g tembr wbhk o`uatmrpcrts. E`wmvmr,

    `ftmatbgms, ter`ule wect bs da`wa cs smhmotb`a, temsm

    spmobms `f phcats ecvm nmma ‘bgpr`vmk‗ up`a. _mhmo-

    tb`a oca nm acturch ̀ r uaacturch. Ca mxomhhmat mxcgphm

    `f acturch smhmotb`a bs tem [bnmtca _a`w H`tus. ‘[em

    emblet `f tebs phcat ct `wmrbal ecs amcrhy echvmk

    `vmr tem pcst omatury cs c rmsuht `f tem `wmrs nmbal

    pbodmk f`r usm ba trckbtb`ach [bnmtca gmkbobam.‗6 [ebs

    oecalm, chte`ule ocsmk ny eugcas, wcs a`t purp`sm-fuh cak bs temrmf`rm rmfmrrmk t` cs acturch smhmotb`a. C

    l``k mxcgphm `f uaacturch smhmotb`a (chs` da`wa cs

    smhmotbvm nrmmkbal) bs f`uak ba tem p`puhcr gmkbobach

    emrn Lmrgca oecg`gbhm. _mmk lr`wmrs mstcnhbsemk

    amw vcrbmtbms ̀ f tebs emrn, ocrmfuhhy smhmotmk t` pr`kuom

    smmks tect lr`w phcats ct c uabf`rg emblet t` chh`w

    f`r mcsm ba gmoecabzmk ecrvmstbal. Chte`ule temsm amw

    vcrbmtbms ̀ f oecg`gbhm crm o`asbkmrmk ca bgpr`vmgmat

    nmocusm `f tem stcakcrkbzmk lr`wte, temy crm stbhh vbr-

    tuchhy tem scgm spmobms cs tem ̀ rblbach wbhk oecg`gbhm.

    F`rtuactmhy f`r gmkbobach emrn lr`wmrs, chg`st chh`f tem phcats wm ouhtbvctm ecvm nmma chtmrmk hbtthm, bf ct

    chh, fr`g tembr wbhk caomst`rs, cak cs c rmsuht tem baob-

    kmaom ̀ f pmsts cak kbsmcsm pr`nhmgs bs rmhctbvmhy h`w.

    [emsm phcats ecvm mv`hvmk `vmr tmas `f te`uscaks `f

    ymcrs t` nm acturchhy rmsbstcat t` temsm termcts. Ba

    fcot, gcay `f tem gmkbobachs wm lr`w, suoe cs ycr-

    r`w (Coebhhmc gbhhmf`hbug), vchmrbca (Vchmrbcac

    `fffiobachbs), cak calmhboc (Calmhboc `fffiobachbs) crm

    da`wa cs ‘basmotcrbms,‗ phcats tect cttrcot nmamffiobch

    prmkct`ry basmots tect pcrcsbtbzm cak prmy `a gchmv-

    `hmat basmots. [eus, temy crm baormkbnhy mffmotbvm ct

    gcbatcbabal tem nchcaom ̀ f nmamffiobch cak p`tmatbchhy

    ecrgfuh basmots ba tem hcaksocpm, fcrg, cak lcrkma.

    \m smm vmry hbtthm kbsmcsm `r bajurb`us basmot prms-

    surm `a `ur fcrg4 temrmf`rm, wm k`a‒t ammk t` rmhy

    `a pmstbobkms `r fualbobkms. [emsm trmctgmats oca nm

    o`sthy, a`t ̀ ahy t` tem fcrgmr‒s n`tt`g hbam nut chs` t`

    Fblurm 3-39. Oh`sm-up `f calmhboc nh`ss`gs. [ebs bs ca

    mxomhhmat basmotcry.

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    3>  [em @rlcabo Gmkbobach Emrn Fcrgmr

    Ca`temr nmamffit t` kmeykrctb`a bs tem cg`uat `f

    wctmr wmblet tect bs rmg`vmk fr`g tem pr`kuot, scv-

    bal `a peysboch hcn`r, sebppbal o`sts, cak s`rm ncods.

    [em _cvvy O`asugmr

    [em typboch emrnch pr`kuot o`asugmr bs rmhctbvmhy

    wmhh-mkuoctmk cak da`whmklmcnhm cn`ut usms f`r

    spmobffio emrns cak bs g`st hbdmhy g`rm o`aomramk

    cn`ut eble quchbty teca cn`ut cff`rkcnbhbty wema bt

    o`gms t` puroecsbal nuhd emrns `r emrnch pr`kuots.

    Ba lmamrch, temsm mkuoctmk o`asugmrs wcat tembr

    pr`kuots t` nm frmm fr`g ecrgfuh oemgbochs, omrtbffimk

    `rlcabo wema cvcbhcnhm, cak s`uromk cs h`ochhy cs

    p`ssbnhm. [emy wcat t` ecvm c rmhctb`asebp wbte tem

    o`gpcay `r fcrg temy crm supp`rtbal. Emrnch pr`k-

    uot rmtcbhmrs crm `ftma vmry da`whmklmcnhm cn`uttem pr`kuots temy smhh cak phcy ca bgp`rtcat r`hm

    ba lubkbal o`asugmr oe`boms. ‘[em acturch oecaamh

    ecs chwcys nmma g`rm mkuoctb`ach cak gbssb`acry

    ba bts schms cppr`coe,‗ coo`rkbal t` Gcrd Nhugma-

    tech, f`uakmr cak mxmoutbvm kbrmot`r ̀ f tem Cgmrboca

    N`tcaboch O`uaobh (CNO). ‘C h`t `f rmtcbhmrs ecvm

    tchdmk cn`ut tebs, tect temy crm cotbal hbdm autrb-

    tb`absts f`r tembr oust`gmrs.‗

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    ]pt`a, prmsbkmat, Cgmrboca Emrnch Yecrgco`p`mbc

    (CEY), _o`tts Vchhmy, Ochbf`rabc. ‘Ba `temr w`rks,

    balrmkbmats tect usmk t` rmckbhy pcss gcaufcoturmr

    spmobffioctb`as crm a`w fcbhbal wema pr`pmr bkmatbty

    cak quchbty tmsts crm cpphbmk.‗5

    \ebhm temsm amw rmluhctb`as crm caytebal nut

    c pcacomc f`r tem emrnch pr`kuot gcaufcoturmr,

    temy gcy nmamffit tem emrn fcrgmr ba c smo`ak wcy

    ny emhpbal t` rmst`rm o`asugmr o`affikmaom ba tem

    emrnch gcrdmtphcom4 o`asugmrs wbhh baormcsbalhy

    trust tect temy crm lmttbal wect temy pcy f`r cak

    tect bt wbhh nm p`tmatbchhy nmamffiobch t` tembr emchte,

    a`t ecrgfuh. [ebs oca emhp t` pcvm tem wcy f`r

    suoomss ba ca bakustry wemrm f`rgbal rmhctb`asebps

    cak trust wbte oust`gmrs lmamrchhy pcys kbvbkmaks

    ter`ule nrcak h`ychty.

    Yr`ffitcnbhbty cak Gcrdmts

    Cs wbte g`st or`ps lr`wa f`r tem gcrdmtphcom, tem

    rmhctb`asebp nmtwmma supphy cak kmgcak bs `am `f

    tem prbgcry fcot`rs ba kmtmrgbabal pr`ffitcnbhbty. \m

    ecvm smma wect tem o`asmqumaoms oca nm wema tem

    hctmst, lrmctmst emrn ebts tem gcrdmt. Kmgcak s`crs,

    cak lr`wmrs jugp `a tem ncakwcl`a t` try t` lmt

    ba `a tem cotb`a. Yhcatbal hcrlm cormclms coo`rkbal

    t` gcrdmt eypm oca nm c rmobpm f`r kbscstmr nmocusm

    `f tem eble pr`ncnbhbty `f tem gcrdmt‒s nmbal``kmk ny ̀ temr hbdm-gbakmk zmch`ts. Lr`wmrs we`

    cttmgpt t` ‘rmck tem tmc hmcvms‗ cak phcat hcrlm

    cormclms purmhy coo`rkbal t` spmouhctb`a chs` k` s`

    ct c sblabffiocat rbsd.

    [em gcrdmt f`r rcw nuhd n`tcabochs bs a`w, cak

    pr`ncnhy chwcys wbhh nm, v`hctbhm. \ema pm`phm csd

    us e`w wm oca cff`rk t` k` nusbamss ba suoe c v`hctbhm

    gcrdmtphcom, wm tmhh temg, ‘\m try t` lr`w f`r schms

    bastmck `f spmouhctb`a, cak wm kbvmrsbfy.‗ Ct Z\EF

    wm lr`w `vmr ffifty kbffmrmat spmobms `f gmkbobachs,

    bastmck `f `ahy f`ousbal `a tem `ams tect gcy smmg,

    ct ffirst lhcaom, t` nm tem g`st p`puhcr. Rms, temrm bs

    omrtcbahy spmouhctb`a bav`hvmk ba lumssbal e`w guoe

    `f wect t` lr`w, nut gcdbal ‘mkuoctmk‗ lumssms ecs

    nmma tem dmy t` `ur suoomss. Chg`st mvmry smmk wm

    phcat ba tem sprbal `f c lbvma ymcr bs phcatmk coo`rk-

    bal t` wect wm crm chrmcky ba o`atrcot t` pr`vbkm `a

    F`r ymcrs wm ecvm trustmk tem emrnch pr`kuots

    bakustry t` pr`vbkm us wbte scfm emrnch pr`kuots. \m

    amvmr rmchhy eck guoe rmcs`a t` k`unt tect wect

    wcs stctmk `a tem pr`kuot hcnmh wcs coourctm cak

    tect wect wcs ba tem n`tthm wcs scfm cak mffmotbvm.

    [ebs t`` oecalmk krcgctbochhy cs mxcgphms `f ckuh-

    tmrctb`a `f balrmkbmats usmk ba emrnch pr`kuots ecvm

    o`gm t` hblet.

    Ba rmsp`asm t` pr`kuot ckuhtmrctb`a cak gcay

    `temr o`aomras, ba 322; tem fmkmrch l`vmragmat bab-

    tbctmk tem Kbmtcry _upphmgmat Emchte cak Mkuoctb`a

    Cot, ̀ r K_EMC. [ebs cot kmffiams kbmtcry supphmgmats

    (baohukbal emrnch pr`kuots) cs f``k, a`t kruls. [ebs

    scvms gcaufcoturmrs fr`g ecvbal t` wmctemr tem

    FKC‒s krul cppr`vch pr`omss tect oca o`st gcay

    gbhhb`as `f k`hhcrs f`r c sbalhm pr`kuot cppr`vch.E`wmvmr, tebs pr`omss ecs nmma oechhmalbal f`r sgchh

    emrnch pr`kuot gcaufcoturmrs, we` crm fcobal tem

    eble o`sts css`obctmk wbte nmo`gbal o`gphbcat.

    K_EMC gcakctms tect supphmgmat gcaufcoturmrs

    f`hh`w L``k Gcaufcoturbal Yrcotboms (LGYs), cs

    mstcnhbsemk ny tem FKC. Ca`temr rmqubrmgmat bs tect

    pr`kuot hcnmhs nm ‘trutefuh cak a`t gbshmckbal‗ cak

    stctm tem acgm cak qucatbty `f chh cotbvm balrmkbmats.

    \ebhm gcay o`gpcabms wmrm k`bal tebs h`al

    nmf`rm K_EMC cak LGYs, a`t chh wmrm, cak tect wcs

    `ftma pr`nhmgctbo. _`gm ba tem bakustry wmrm g`rmf`ousmk ̀ a pr`ffit teca quchbty cak scfmty. O`asugmrs

    `ftma hcodmk o`affikmaom tect tem pr`kuots temy wmrm

    nuybal wmrm pr`kuomk wbte eble-quchbty n`tcabochs

    cak wmrm mfffiocob`us. [em K_EMC, cak spmobffiochhy

    tem LGYs, rcpbkhy oecalmk tem wcy emrnch pr`kuot

    gcaufcoturmrs k` nusbamss. [ebs gcy cotuchhy nmamffit

    tem emrn fcrgmr ba tw` wcys. Fbrst, bt o`uhk emhp t`

    `pma p`ssbnhm gcrdmts tect wmrm a`t temrm nmf`rm.

    O`gpcabms wbhh ammk t` h``d f`r lr`wmrs tect oca

    gmmt temsm amw stcakcrks. [em amw rmluhctb`as phcom

    strbot lubkmhbams `a pr`kuomrs t` tmst tem purbty,

    bkmatbty, cak scfmty `f balrmkbmats o`atcbamk ba tembr

    pr`kuots cak t` pr`vbkm coourctm k`ougmatctb`a `f

    temsm tmsts. ‘\bte LGYs ba fuhh f`rom smvmrch o`gpc-

    abms crm rmchbzbal tect tem supphy oecba ecs seruad

    krcgctbochhy kum t` balrmkbmats tect ocaa`t pcss tem

    bkmatbty cak quchbty LGY rmqubrmgmats,‗ scys ^`y

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    3;  [em @rlcabo Gmkbobach Emrn Fcrgmr

    emrnch pr`kuot rmtcbhmrs. [ebs bs wemrm wm kmch ba tem

    we`hmschm rmchg ny lr`wbal hcrlmr qucatbtbms ̀ f nuhd

    emrns f`r hcrlmr o`gpcabms, weboe wm usuchhy smhh ct

    c kbso`uatmk prbom ncsmk `a v`hugm. [emrm bs chg`st

    a` spmouhctb`a ba lr`wbal f`r we`hmschm coo`uats

    nmocusm chg`st chh ̀ f temsm schms crm o`atrcotmk f`r ct

    tem nmlbaabal `f c lbvma lr`wbal smcs`a. [em gcss

    gcrdmt gcdms up tem nuhd `f `ur lr`ss schms, cak

    tem eblemr schms v`hugm emhps t` `ffsmt h`wmr pr`ffit

    gcrlbas. Bt bs oruobch tect wm dmmp `ur o`sts `f pr`-

    kuotb`a t` c gbabgug ba tebs gcrdmt nmocusm `f tem

    tebaamr gcrlbas nmtwmma pr`ffit cak h`ss.

    [em aboem gcrdmt sbkm `f `ur `pmrctb`a bs wemrm

    tem pr`ffit gcrlbas crm lmamrchhy eblemr nut v`hugm

    bs lmamrchhy h`wmr. Emrm bs wemrm wm ecvm t` gcdm

    mkuoctmk lumssms cs t` e`w guoe `f weboe spmobmst` lr`w. [emsm crm prbgcrbhy gcbh-`rkmr, tmhmpe`am,

    Batmramt, cak `temr kbrmot-rmtcbh schms t` bakbvbkuchs

    `f krbmk cak frmse emrns cak vchum-ckkmk pr`kuots

    suoe cs emrnch tmcs cak hbvm phcats. [ebs bs wemrm wm

    makmcv`r t` baormcsm schms v`hugm cak t` coebmvm

    eblemr pr`ffit gcrlbas. C vcst gcj`rbty `f tem aboem

    gcrdmt oust`gmrs wm smhh t` hbvm wbteba c euakrmk

    gbhms `f `ur fcrg. [ebs bs nmamffiobch `a s` gcay

    hmvmhs t` us, `ur oust`gmrs, cak tem mcrte cak bts

    acturch rms`uroms.

    F`rtuactmhy tem gmkbobach emrn bakustry bsourrmathy mxpmrbmaobal str`al lr`wte. Ba >939

    tem n`tcaboch cak acturch balrmkbmat mxp`rt trckm

    rmcoemk cppr`xbgctmhy $?? nbhhb`a, coo`rkbal t`

    tem Gcrdmt Amws _mrvbom (GA_) ‘Gmkbobach Yhcat

    cak Mxtrcots‗ rmp`rt, punhbsemk ba tem GA_ Kmomg-

    nmr >933 nuhhmtba.2 Ny >93= tem batmractb`ach emrn

    supphmgmat cak rmgmkbms gcrdmt bs mxpmotmk t`

    rmcoe $2? nbhhb`a, coo`rkbal t` c rmp`rt ny _ca J`sm,

    Ochbf`rabc‟ncsmk Lh`nch Bakustry Cachysts, Bao.39

    Ba >933/>93> k`hhcr schms baormcsmk cppr`xb-

    gctmhy 5 pmromat f`r emrnch f`rguhcs, 2 pmromat f`r

    tmcs, cak 3? pmromat f`r emrnch sbalhms cak `wmr

    mssmaoms, coo`rkbal t` _YBA_soca kctc, f`r tem =>

    wmmds makbal Gcroe 393>. [em tma t`p-smhhbal

    pr`kuots ckkrmssmk bacggctb`a, pr`stctm emchte,

    bgguabty, ckrmach supp`rt, kmt`x, strmss rmhbmf, shmmp,

    cak hbnbk`.33Fblurm 3-3>. Ecaace ncllbal emrns f`r gcbh ̀ rkmrs.

    Ye`t`lrcpe o`urtmsy `f Dctm Ohmcrhblet.

    tem we`hmschm mak `r bs ncsmk `a ocrmfuh cachysbs `f

    pr`jmotmk schms `a tem rmtcbh mak. Mvmry ymcr wm oca

    o`uat `a ct hmcst `am or`p fcbhurm `r kmch nrmcdmr, nut

    wbte s` gcay spmobms ba tem r`tctb`a wm emklm `ur

    nmts clcbast tem bamvbtcnhms cak uaf`rmsmmas.

    Gcss vmrsus Aboem Gcrdmt

    \m hbdm t` rmfmr t` tem gmkbobachs gcrdmt ba tmrgs

    `f tem gcss gcrdmt  cak tem aboem gcrdmt . [em gcss

    gcrdmt bs tem hcrlmr-sochm sbkm `f tem bakustry, weboe

    o`asbsts prbgcrbhy `f eble-v`hugm nuhd emrn cak

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    mstcnhbse s`hbk gcrdmts nmf`rm o`ggbttbal t` hcrlm

    phcatbals. [emy se`uhk h``d t`wcrk lr`wbal emrns

    wbte h`al-tmrg fcv`rcnbhbty ba tem emrnch gcrdmtphcom

    webhm strbvbal t` kbvmrsbfy cak baa`vctm wbte amw

    gcrdmts, amw spmobms `f batmrmst, cak vchum-ckkmk

    pr`kuots. _` webhm wm sbguhtcam`ushy kbsouss tem rbsds

    `f gcrdmt v`hctbhbty ch`al wbte tem pr`gbsm ̀ f stmcky

    lr`wte ba tem emrn bakustry, hmt‒s ckkrmss s`gm bgp`rt-

    cat o`asbkmrctb`as gmkbobach emrn fcrgmrs se`uhk tcdm

    bat` coo`uat nmf`rm vmaturbal bat` tem lrmct uada`wa.

    @f tem nurlm`abal emchte-gbakmk ]._. p`puhc-

    tb`a, >? pmromat usm n`tcabochs, coo`rkbal t` c rmomat

    survmy o`ggbssb`amk ny tem O`uaobh f`r ^msp`asbnhm

    Autrbtb`a (O^A), \csebalt`a, K.O. [emsm stctbstbos

    cak ̀ temrs se`w tect tem gmkbobach emrn gcrdmt, cs c

    we`hm, bs str`al. [em ‘gust-ecvm emrn `f tem g`ate‗

    gcy oecalm, nut ̀ vmrchh temrm bs c s`hbk f`uakctb`a ̀ f

    kmgcak f`r temsm pr`kuots emrm ba tem ]abtmk _tctms

    `a weboe t` nubhk c gmkbobach fcrgbal bakustry. \m

    w`uhk ckvbsm lr`wmrs amw t` tem emrnch bakustry t`

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    Fblurm >-3. C lh`rb`us ffimhk ̀ f Moebacomc purpurmc ct Z\EF.