This was partly because she wanted a smoke, and was seeking a large aspidistra or an agent's well-tailored back to hide her.

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Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto and Pujols's agent, Dan Lozano, didn't return calls seeking comment.

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For starters, there are the opening chapters, where the young English real estate agent Jonathan Harker makes his way slowly but surely into the Carpathians seeking Castle Dracula in the most isolated region of Eastern Europe.

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Nicks' agent, Peter Schaffer, did not immediately return an email by The Associated Press seeking comment.

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