To take down a popular genre or a representative figure or a trendy pose, one good belly laugh works better than pages of strict criticism.

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Taking this into account, they said a more representative figure would be that from June 2000 to June 2001, which puts volume up 8% and value up 6%.

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An outside figure of note, respected universally, could be more effective than a Senator or Representative with fixed allegiances.

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