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  • But instead, Kelly found a Web site, Depreciate'em, that convinced him it was worth claiming depreciation the more complicated, accelerated way: You break the property into components and group those that theoretically don't last as long into writeoff periods of 15, 7 or even 5 years.

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  • As it was, I missed the death, I missed the body, I got the dust, and from these facts I tried to extrapolate a story, as writers will, but found myself, instead, in a kind of stasis.

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  • But the boy only hit her when she presented him with the brush, and instead she found herself brushing his hair.

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  • It mattered because of all the hard work and money I invested in my studies thinking a good job awaited me. (Instead I found a pile of dirty dishes and a small tip.) But it was better than being on the unemployment line collecting benefits.

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