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What Would Your Wizarding Career Be?
Answer 25 personality questions and discover whether you're destined to be an Auror, Healer, Professor, Curse-Breaker, Wandmaker or another wizarding professional.
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A $599 PlayStation 3 seemed expensive in 2006. Adjusted for inflation, several earlier consoles cost the equivalent of $1,000—or far more.
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