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import itertools
import sys

def spinner(granularity):
    """Wraps a function in an ASCII spinner display loop. granularity
    represents the number of times the function should be called
    before moving the spinner."""
    spinner_chars = itertools.cycle("\|/-")
    def make_spinner(f):
        calls = {'x': 0}       

scottx611x

__author__ = 'scott'
with open('massachusetts_municipalities.txt', 'r') as inf, open('interleaved_list2.txt', 'w') as out:
    A,B,C =[],[],{}
    A += [item.strip() for item in inf]
    for item in A:
        if not item[0] in C: C[item[0]] = []
        C[item[0]].append(item)
    B += [C[key] for key in sorted(C)]
    while B:
        if [] in B: B.remove([])