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Sort Tech Items by Model Year

You are tasked with managing a list of tech items and their model years. Write a program that sorts these items in descending order based on their model years. If two items have the same model year, sort them alphabetically by the item name. Input: The first line contains an integer I, the number of tech items. The next I lines each contain the item name (a string) followed by its model year (an integer). Output: Print the sorted list of items with their model years in the format 'ItemName Year'. Example: Input: 4 Laptop 2020 Phone 2021 Tablet 2019 Smartwatch 2019 Output: Phone 2021 Laptop 2020 Tablet 2019 Smartwatch 2019

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