The above are but two examples of World Series viewership trends.

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And despite the two examples cited above, plenty of films from other countries were a pleasure to watch.

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If it were to shoot right to 2000 the first year and then stay there for the remaining four, the results would look a lot better than if it fell 500 points the first year, stayed there for two more years, and then shot to 2000 (see examples above).

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