is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts 
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(ROOT (VP (VBZ ) (NP (NP (JJ ) (NN )) (CC ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (PRP$ ) (ADJP (NN ) (HYPH ) (VBG )) (NNS )))))))