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Question
What does the traffic policeman symbolize?
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Solution
The traffic police man is a symbol of liberty and not tyranny.
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Para 19
neighbour Makalu, unexplored and
unclimbed. Far away across the clouds,
the great bulk of Kanchenjunga loomed
on the horizon. To the west, we could
see the great unexplored ranges of Nepal
stretching off into the distance.
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struggles of those great climbers of the
1920’s and 1930’s. After ten minutes,
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clumsy-fingered and slow-moving. So I
quickly replaced my oxygen set
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