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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. (-5[1])Against the wishes of boss Abe Ruef, another of these areas was rebuilt with money from the Six Companies. A “bachelor’s (10[1])society” of “paper sons” settled in that (10[1])one of these areas, where Workingmen’s Party leader Denis Kearney led riots in the 1870s. (10[1])Gangs called tongs ran many businesses in these areas, (10[1])which include a fast-growing locale in Flushing, Queens. For 10 points, 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■ (10[1])

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
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BJohn Jay42-5
Cooper Roh (DII)Columbia AColumbia C6310
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordRowan7010
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU AVassar8510
Seth EbnerJohns HopkinsNYU B9410
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayColumbia B12710

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%74.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y9100%0%11%93.56
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota01/27/2024Y2100%0%0%79.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%17%79.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers01/27/2024Y5100%0%20%87.80
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y5100%0%0%73.20