Estonia team have competed at the Special Olympics World Games since after regaining independence in 1991 and have won over 100 medals at the games.
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“When, in some obscure country town, the farmers come together to a special town meeting, to express their opinion on some subject which is vexing to the land, that, I think, is the true Congress, and the most respectable one that is ever assembled in the United States.”
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“Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play,
Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.”
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