trying my best to fix the regex and editing python code

pythonCode/personTestingOutput/lock-imm.xml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ governmental consent. This is what it once meant to be an
 1800s was that reflected by the Statue of Liberty: free
 immigration. For this was a society in which the citizenry
 prohibited their public officials from interfering with the
-right of people everywhere to come to <ent type='GPE'>the United States</ent> to
+right of people everywhere to come to <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States to
 live and work.</p>
 
 <p>What was the result of this unusual society--a society without
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ An International Policy of Genocide by <ent type='PERSON'>William</ent> R. <ent
 published in 1989. <ent type='PERSON'>Morse</ent> was executive producer of "<ent type='ORG'>CBS</ent>
 Reports" and the winner of numerous broadcasting awards. <ent type='PERSON'>Perl</ent>
 served as a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army Intelligence Service,
-worked in <ent type='ORG'>the Prosecution Branch</ent> of the War Crimes trials, and
+worked in the Prosecution Branch of the War Crimes trials, and
 later taught at <ent type='ORG'>George Washington University</ent>.</p>
 
 <p>An <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> cannot read these two books without total
-revulsion at the reaction of his own government to <ent type='PERSON'>Hitler</ent>'s
+revulsion at the reaction of his own government to Hitler's
 policies against the <ent type='NORP'>Jews</ent>. Both authors detail the methods by
 which <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> politicians and bureaucrats, while maintaining
 an appearance of great humanitarianism, used immigration
-policies to prevent <ent type='NORP'>German</ent>y's <ent type='NORP'>Jews</ent> from escaping to the United
+policies to prevent <ent type='NORP'>German</ent>y's <ent type='NORP'>Jews</ent> from escaping to <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent>
 States. <ent type='PERSON'>Morse</ent> writes:</p>
 
 <p> In 1938 the <ent type='NORP'>Nazis</ent> burned every synagogue in the nation,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ relaxation of our immigration restrictions so that the
 <p> "This is not in contemplation," replied the President.
 "We have the quota system."</p>
 
-<p> <ent type='GPE'>The United States</ent> not only insisted upon its immigration
+<p> <ent type='GPE'>The United</ent> States not only insisted upon its immigration
 law throughout the <ent type='NORP'>Nazi</ent> era, but administered it with
 severity and callousness. In spite of unprecedented
 circumstances, the law was constricted so that even its
@@ -127,20 +127,20 @@ liberal and humanitarian.</p>
 <p>One of the most dramatic and tragic examples of the U.S.
 government's immigration policy against the <ent type='NORP'>Jews</ent> was evidenced
 by what has become known as "the voyage of the damned." Just
-before war broke out in <ent type='LOC'>Europe</ent>, a <ent type='NORP'>German</ent> cruise ship loaded
+before war broke out in Europe, a <ent type='NORP'>German</ent> cruise ship loaded
 with almost 1000 <ent type='NORP'>Jewish</ent> refugees left <ent type='NORP'>German</ent>y and headed to
 <ent type='GPE'>Cuba</ent>--where friends and relatives of the passengers waited for
 their loved ones. When the ship arrived, the <ent type='GPE'>Cuba</ent>n government
 refused to permit the <ent type='NORP'>Jews</ent> to disembark. When the ship began
-moving close to <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> waters, <ent type='GPE'>the United States</ent> Coast Guard
+moving close to <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> waters, <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States Coast Guard
 closely followed to make certain that no <ent type='NORP'>Jew</ent> jumped ship and
 infiltrated <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>.</p>
 
 <p>Since no other nations were willing to accept the refugees,
 the ship headed back to <ent type='NORP'>German</ent>y where certain death awaited
 its passengers. At the last minute, <ent type='GPE'>England</ent> and some of the
-<ent type='LOC'>Europe</ent>an nations reluctantly agreed to accept the refugees.
-Unfortunately, many of those who went to <ent type='LOC'>Europe</ent> were later
+European nations reluctantly agreed to accept the refugees.
+Unfortunately, many of those who went to Europe were later
 killed under the <ent type='NORP'>Nazi</ent> occupation.</p>
 
 <p>It is easy for present-day <ent type='NORP'>American</ent>s to say, "We would never
@@ -148,16 +148,16 @@ let that happen again." Yet, we continue to permit our public
 officials to control immigration. And the results of this
 control point only in the direction of future catastrophe.</p>
 
-<p>The U.S. government rightly criticizes the <ent type='GPE'>Soviet Union</ent> for
+<p>The U.S. government rightly criticizes <ent type='GPE'>the Soviet Union</ent> for
 not letting <ent type='NORP'>Jews</ent> emigrate . . . but then is horrified at the
-prospect of having to let <ent type='NORP'>Soviet</ent> <ent type='NORP'>Jews</ent> enter <ent type='GPE'>the United States</ent>.</p>
+prospect of having to let <ent type='NORP'>Soviet</ent> <ent type='NORP'>Jews</ent> enter <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States.</p>
 
 <p>The U.S. government rightly criticizes <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent> for its
 oppressive society . . . but then is horrified at the prospect
-of having to let <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent>ese "boat people" enter the United
+of having to let <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent>ese "boat people" enter <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent>
 States.</p>
 
-<p>And on the southern border of <ent type='GPE'>the United States</ent>, good and
+<p>And on the southern border of <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States, good and
 honorable people of <ent type='GPE'>the Republic</ent> of Mexico have been
 incarcerated, year after year, in <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> concentration
 centers for committing the heinous "crime" of trying to
@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ that its beacon of liberty is once again lighted for its poor,
 its tired, its huddled masses yearning to breathe free!</p>
 
 <p>Mr. <ent type='PERSON'>Hornberger</ent> is founder and president of <ent type='ORG'>The Future</ent> of
-Freedom <ent type='ORG'>Foundation</ent>.</p>
+Freedom Foundation.</p>
 
 <p>------------------------------------------------------------
 From the June 1991 issue of <ent type='ORG'>FREEDOM DAILY</ent>,
-Copyright (c) 1991, <ent type='ORG'>The Future</ent> of Freedom <ent type='ORG'>Foundation</ent>,
+Copyright (c) 1991, <ent type='ORG'>The Future</ent> of Freedom Foundation,
 PO Box 9752, <ent type='GPE'>Denver</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Colorado</ent> 80209, 303-777-3588.
 Permission granted to reprint; please give appropriate credit
-and send one copy of reprinted material to the <ent type='ORG'>Foundation</ent>.
+and send one copy of reprinted material to the Foundation.
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