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A 1931 California Supreme Court decision condemning one of these areas paved the way for building Los Angeles’s Union Station and the 101 freeway. One of these areas in New York contained the headquarters of a “snakehead” operation that was busted in 2000. Against the wishes of boss Abe Ruef, another of these areas (10[1])was rebuilt with money from the Six Companies. A “bachelor’s society” of “paper sons” settled in (10[1])that one of these (10[1])areas, where (10[1])Workingmen’s Party leader Denis Kearney led riots in the 1870s. Gangs (-5[1])called tongs ran many businesses in these areas, which include a fast-growing locale (10[1])in Flushing, Queens. For 10 points, (10[1])San Francisco is home to the US’s oldest example of what ethnic enclaves, home to many immigrants from Fújiàn (“foo-j’yen”) and Guǎngzhōu ■END■

ANSWER: Chinatowns [or Tángrénjiē; or Tòhngyàhngāai; or Tang People Street; or Zhōngguóchéng; or Jūnggwoksìhng; or Huábù; or Wàhfauh; or Chinese district; accept Chinese neighborhoods; accept Little Taipei; accept Manhattan Chinatown or San Francisco Chinatown; prompt on neighborhoods; prompt on ethnic enclaves or slums until “ethnic enclaves” is read] (“Snakehead” is a general term for human trafficking organizations that bring Chinese people abroad.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chinmay MurthyTexas AMichigan State A5310
Truman FillbrandtUW AAppalachian State6910
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BIowa A7310
Dean Ah NowClaremont ASorbonne7510
Anwitha VempaliIowa BUBC A86-5
Shantanu ThoratTexas A&M ARice A9910
John ChenUBC AIowa B10510

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