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Of Amusement
The first and most general definition of 'of' was 'from; in specific'. Derived from, resulting from, separated from, proceeding as a product from, made from, at a distance apart from, the most important from...
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The Basic Law stipulated Hong Kong would enjoy a high degree of 'autonomy' in all matters except foreign relations and military defense. Basically, from the 'Basics', Hong Kong was only able to do what he wanted when it came to himself. When it came to anyone else, it went thru China. He was only allowed to see people, talk to people, do anything with anyone if China agreed that it was all right