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Billionaire Spends a Fortune to Move One Tree

A NEW LEAF

When a billionaire decided to float a 650-ton tree to his private garden, the spectacle became a metaphor for a nation adrift.

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TBILISI, Georgia — It is rare that a single image sums up the state of affairs of an entire nation. Last year it was the lethargic hippopotamus standing in the middle one of Tbilisi’s main streets, woozy and dazed with several tranquilizer darts to the neck after a

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