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   "text": "The Articles of Confederation were consciously written to limit the authority of a weak central government with no chief executive, and this made the American war effort difficult because the organization was very inefficient at marshalling resources.",
   "abstract": "These Articles were consciously authored to limit the authority of its weak central government which had no chief executive. This made the war effort difficult because it meant the organization was very inefficient at marshalling resources.",
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   "text": "When the executive branch is given more centralizing power during a crisis, or simply takes it, the mechanism for removing that power once the threat has passed has rarely been followed.",
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