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Decades later, Charlene and a journalist recover evidence of stolen artworks through archival research and a photo of a painting in a descendant\u2019s home. 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The island's economic rise was fueled by state-led industrialization and the creation of TSMC, which now produces irreplaceable semiconductor chips central to global AI development. 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Professor Linda Bilmes reveals that wars are budgeted like shady moving companies\u2014quoting low initial prices and inflating costs later\u2014while the public remains largely unaware due to poor comprehension of trillion-dollar scales. The Iraq War was projected to cost $50 billion but ultimately exceeded $2 trillion when indirect and long-term costs were included."}], "category_breakdown": [{"category": "ai", "count": 3}, {"category": "science_tech", "count": 1}]}