The most recent numbers, covering July 2011 to July 2012, also reveal some subtle changes in the Sun Belt pecking order.

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But Farr relinquished his British and Empire belt in order to travel to New York to fight Louis at Yankee Stadium in August 1937.

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About 25% of people who buy those vehicles order the bag-in-belt option, Ford says.

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But then he flip-flopped in order to obtain electoral support from the Corn Belt.

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