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Line 19: ==History== ==History== − Knowing full well that [[Bluford]]'s smallest, easternmost continent grew a strain of tobacco that was more addictive and deadly than other strains, William Reese entered tontines specifically with smokers taking a calculated risk that he would outlive them, and by the age of seventy-five he had amassed over seventy million [[D-Bill]]s. [[House Davion]] granted Reese a title of nobility in [[2589]] for supporting their entry into the [[Star League]] both politically and financially. Though his grandparents and great-grandparents all lived into their nineties, Reese would fall short of family standards, dying at the age of eighty-six.<ref name=HD:FSp167/> + Knowing full well that [[Bluford]]'s smallest, easternmost continent grew a strain of tobacco that was more addictive and deadlier than other strains, William Reese entered tontines specifically with smokers taking a calculated risk that he would outlive them, and by the age of seventy-five he had amassed over seventy million [[D-Bill]]s. [[House Davion]] granted Reese a title of nobility in [[2589]] for supporting their entry into the [[Star League]] both politically and financially. Though his grandparents and great-grandparents all lived into their nineties, Reese would fall short by family standards, dying at the age of eighty-six.<ref name=HD:FSp167/> − Reese's success affected the social culture of Bluford as tontines became enormously popular in the [[twenty-seventh century]], followed later by movements to ban them and further still by organizations like the [[Bluford Gambling Association]] to protect them.<ref name=HD:FSp167/> + Reese's success affected the social culture of Bluford as tontines became enormously popular in the [[twenty-seventh century]], followed later by movements to ban then and further later by organizations like the [[Bluford Gambling Association]] to protect them.<ref name=HD:FSp167/> ==References== ==References==
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| − | Knowing full well that [[Bluford]]'s smallest, easternmost continent grew a strain of tobacco that was more addictive and | + | Knowing full well that [[Bluford]]'s smallest, easternmost continent grew a strain of tobacco that was more addictive and deadlier than other strains, William Reese entered tontines specifically with smokers taking a calculated risk that he would outlive them, and by the age of seventy-five he had amassed over seventy million [[D-Bill]]s. [[House Davion]] granted Reese a title of nobility in [[2589]] for supporting their entry into the [[Star League]] both politically and financially. Though his grandparents and great-grandparents all lived into their nineties, Reese would fall short by family standards, dying at the age of eighty-six.<ref name=HD:FSp167/> |
| − | Reese's success affected the social culture of Bluford as tontines became enormously popular in the [[twenty-seventh century]], followed later by movements to ban | + | Reese's success affected the social culture of Bluford as tontines became enormously popular in the [[twenty-seventh century]], followed later by movements to ban then and further later by organizations like the [[Bluford Gambling Association]] to protect them.<ref name=HD:FSp167/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||