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Input: Consider Input: In a more general sense-and this has nothing to do with conspicuous consumption-both homes and clothes convey values. Carl Larsson's home was a statement of both his and Karin's naturalistic aesthetic ideals, so was James Tissot's exotic sitting room.

Output: Besides consumption-both homes and clothes convey values. Carl Larsson's home was a statement of his and Karin's naturalistic aesthetic ideals, so was James Tissot's exotic sitting room.

Input: Consider Input: Other new initiatives are also gaining momentum, including new eco-tourism oriented excursions, and a revival of Acapulco's historic center, in a similar fashion to Miami's South Beach district.

Output: New initiatives are gaining momentum, including new eco-tourism excursions & a revival of Acapulco's historic center.

Input: Consider Input: What monumental transformations await us, proudly postmodern, mingled with peoples on this very globe still wedded to archetypes thousands of years old.
Output: Monumental transformations, proudly postmodern, with peoples wedded to archetypes thousands of years old.