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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:54 am
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    “I don’t think he’ll bite you; he probably wants to thank youThere’s a
    storm coming up from Basse-Terre and we’ll need the CG’s input if the phones go out
    “I myself shall perform whatever service he requires, sir!”
    “Well, there are limitsDon’t brush his teeth
    Brendan Prefontaine hurried through the door of the circular glass-walled lobbyHe had waited
    until the old Frenchman had turned into the first villa before reversing direction and heading
    straight for the main complexAs he had done so many times over the past thirty years, he was
    forced to think quickly on his feet—usually running feet—building plausible explanations that
    would support a number of obvious possibilities as well as others not so obviousHe had just
    committed an unavoidable yet stupid error, unavoidable because he was not prepared to give
    Tranquility Inn’s desk a false name in case identification was required, and stupid because he had
    given a false name to the hero of FranceWell, not stupid; the similarity of their surnames might
    have led to unwanted complications where the purpose of his trip to Montserrat was concerned,
    which was quite simply extortion—to learn what so frightened Randolph Gates that he would part
    with fifteen thousand dollars, and having learned it perhaps collect a great deal moreNo, the
    stupidity was in not taking the precautionary step he was about to takeHe approached the front
    desk and the tall, slender clerk behind it
    “Good evening, sir,” fairly yelled the inn’s employee, causing the judge to look around, grateful
    that there were very few guests in the lobby“However I may assist you, be assured of my
    perfection!”
    “I’d rather be assured of your keeping your voice down, young man
    “I shall whisper,” said the clerk inaudibly
    “What did you say?”
    “How may I help you?” intoned the man, now sotto voce
    “Let’s just talk quietly, all right?”
    “CertainlyI am so very privileged
    “You are?”
    “Of course
    “Very well,” said Prefontaine“I have a favor to ask of you—”
    “Anything!”
    “Shhh!”
    “Naturally
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    “Like many men of advanced age I frequently forget things, you can understand that, can’t
    you?”
    “A man of your wisdom I doubt forgets anythingI’m traveling incognito, you do know what I mean
    “Most assuredly, sir
    “I registered under my name, Prefontaine—”
    “You certainly did,” interrupted the clerkMy office and those I’ve told to reach me expect to ask for a ‘Mr
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
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    vigorous
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    and
    an alarmingly - veined beak of a nose"Thank you, sir," said
    ScarlettWhat for? she wonderedThe marquess told her, in the
    loud
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    listen or notbellows reached all the way out to the croquet lawn
    She deserved congratulations, he roared, for rescuing 11 Ne'd told
    Arthur not to be such a fool, not to waste his m< buying ships from
    the
    thieves who robbed him, claiming the were soundBut Arthur
    wouldn't
    listen, he was determined to himself
    Eighty thousand pounds he'd paid, more than kelly hermes half hismony, enough to
    buy
    all the land in County Meathhe was a he'd always been a fool, the
    man never had any sense at all, when they were boys together he'd
    known
    itBut demme, he'd Arthur like a brother even if he was a foolNo
    man ever had a friend than Arthur was to him
    Ne had wept, yes, ma'am, acú wept when Arthur hanged himself
    Ne'd
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    fool as that? Arthur loved that place, he gave his shirt to it, and in
    the end his lifeIt was criminal that Constance abandoned it the way
    she didShe should have preserved it as a memorial to ArthurThe
    marquess was grateful to Scarlett for doing what Arthur's own widow
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    Mistress O'hara Scarlett surrendered it to himWhat was this old
    man telling her? The young lord of Ballyhara hadn't hanged himself, a
    man from the town had dragged him to the tower and hung himThe marquess must be wrongOld people got things mixed
    up
    in their memories Ne'd only been a child, he
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
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    I waited for the question, staring across the dark hall at the rice bag–last night's pillowIn my
    peripheral vision, I saw his hand come up, and I cringed into the wall
    “I'm not going to hurt you,” he said again, impatient, and cupped my chin in his rough hand,
    pulling my face around so I had to look at him
    My heart stuttered when he touched me, and there was suddenly too much moisture chloe white in my eyes
    I blinked, trying to clear them He said my name slowly–unwillingly, I could tell, though his voice was even and
    toneless“Is Melanie still alive–still part of you? Tell me the truth
    Melanie attacked with the brute strength of a wrecking ballIt was physically painful, like the
    sudden stab of a migraine headache, where she tried to force her way out
    Stop it! Can't you see?
    It was kelly hermes so obvious in the set of his lips, the tight lines under his eyesIt didn't matter what I said
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    I'm already a liar to him,I told here doesn't want the truth–he's just looking for evidence,
    some way to prove me a liar, a Seeker, to Jeb and Jamie so that he'll be allowed to kill me
    Melanie refused to answer or believe me; it was a struggle to keep her silent
    Jared watched the black chanel bag sweat bead on my forehead, the strange shiver that shook down my spine,
    and his eyes narrowedHe held on to my chin, refusing to let me hide my face
    Jared, I love you,she tried to scream
    My lips didn't quiver, but I was surprised that he couldn't read the words spelled out plainly in
    my eyes
    Time passed slowly while he waited for my answerIt was agonizing, having to stare into his
    eyes, gucci ladies watches having to see the revulsion thereAs if that weren't enough, Melanie's anger continued to
    slice at me from the insideHer jealousy swelled into a bitter flood that washed through my
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    More time passed, and the tears welled up until they couldn't be contained in my eyes anymore
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    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:54 am
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    "This is serious," Roth saidHe remembered the way Goldstein's face had looked when he was making his pack soon after the stormGoldstein was up there now, seeing combatRoth had an odd sensationHe might even be killedAny of them -- Red, Chanel Necklaces Gallagher, Sergeant Croft, Wyman, Toglio, or Martinez or Ridges or Wilson; they were all up there now, right in the middle of itAny one of them could be gone by tomorrowIt was horrible the way a man could be killedHe wanted to tell Minetta some of this"Jeez, I'm rolex watches women glad this is over He started to go and then turned back"You know who you wake up?"
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    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:54 am
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    known before what pleasures she had to lose in passing March and
    April in a townShe had not known before how much the beginnings
    and progress of vegetation had delighted herWhat animation,
    both of body and mind, she had derived from watching the
    advance of that season which cannot, in spite of its capriciousness,
    be unlovely, and seeing its increasing beauties from the earliest flowers
    in the warmest divisions of her aunt’s garden, to the opening of
    leaves of her uncle’s plantations, and the glory of his woodsTo be
    losing such pleasures was no trifle; to be losing them, because she
    was in the midst of closeness and noise, to have confinement, bad
    air, bad smells, substituted for liberty, freshness, fragrance, and verdure,
    was infinitely worse: but even these incitements to regret were
    feeble, compared with what arose from the conviction of being missed
    379
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    by her best friends, and the longing to be useful to those who were
    wanting her!
    Could she have been at home, she might have been of service to
    every creature in the houseShe felt that she must have been of use
    to allTo all she must have saved some trouble of head or hand; and
    were it only in supporting the spirits of her aunt Bertram, keeping her
    from the evil of solitude, or the still greater evil of a restless, officious
    companion, too apt to be heightening danger in order to enhance her
    own importance, her being there would have been a general good
    She loved to fancy how she could have read to her aunt, how she
    could have talked to her, and tried at once to make her feel the blessing
    of what was, and prepare her mind for what might be; and how
    many walks up and down stairs she might have saved her, and how
    many messages she might have carried
    It astonished her that Cartier Watches Tortue Tom’s sisters could be satisfied with remaining
    in London at such a time, through an illness which had now,
    under different degrees of danger, lasted several weeksThey might
    return to Mansfield when they chose; travelling could be no difficulty
    to them, and she could not comprehend how both could still
    keep awayRushworth could imagine any interfering obligations,
    Julia was certainly able to quit London whenever she chose
    It appeared from one of her aunt’s letters that Julia had offered to
    return if wanted, but this was allIt was evident that she would
    rather remain where she was
    Fanny was disposed to think the influence of London very much at
    war with all respectable attachmentsShe saw the proof of it in Miss
    Crawford, as well as in her cousins; her attachment to Edmund had
    been respectable, the most respectable part of her character; her friendship
    for herself had at least been omega moon watch blamelessWhere was either sentiment
    now? It was so long since Fanny had had any letter from her,
    that she had some reason to think lightly of the friendship which had
    been so dwelt onIt was weeks since she had heard anything of Miss
    Crawford or of her other connexions in town, except through
    Mansfield, and she was beginning to suppose that she might never
    know whether MrCrawford had gone into Norfolk again or not till
    they met, and might never hear from his sister any more this spring,
    when the following letter was received to revive old and create some
    380
    Mansfield Park
    new sensations—
    “Forgive me, my dear Fanny, as soon as you can, for my long
    silence, and behave as if you could forgive me directlyThis is my
    modest request and expectation, for you are so good, that I depend
    upon being treated better than I deserve, and I write now to beg an
    immediate answerI want to know the bags dolce and gabbana state of things at Mansfield
    Park, and you, no doubt, are perfectly able to give itOne should be
    a brute not to feel for the distress they are in; and from what I hear,
    poor MrBertram has a bad chance of ultimate recoveryI thought
    little of his illness at firstI looked upon him as the sort of person to
    be made a fuss with, and to make a fuss himself in any trifling disorder,
    and was chiefly concerned for those who had to nurse him; but
    now it is confidently asserted that he is really in a decline, that the
    symptoms are most alarming, and that part of the family, at least,
    are aware of itIf it be so, I am sure you must be included in that
    part, that discerning part, and therefore entreat you to let me know
    how far I have been rightly informedI need not say how rejoiced I
    shall be to hear there has been any mistake, but the report is so
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:52 am
    @@@@@The phone! He had to answer itHe could not
    @@@@@The phone! He had to answer itHe could not appear
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    117
    as if he had anything to hide! He reached out and grabbed the incessantly ringing instrument,
    pulling it to his ear“Yes?”
    “Seven years ago, Counselor,” began the quiet voice on the line“Do I have to remind you that
    we’ve got the entire fileThe Deuxième Bureau was extremely cooperative, far more than you have
    been
    “For God’s sake, I was lied to!” cried Gates, swinging his legs onto the floor in panic, his voice
    hoarse“You can’t believe I’d forward erroneous informationI’d have to be insane!”
    “We know you can be obstinateWe made a simple request—”
    “I complied, I swear I did! Good Christ, I paid fifteen thousand dollars to make certain
    everything was silent, absolutely untraceable—not that the money matters, of course—”
    “You paid ?” interrupted the quiet voice
    “I can show you the bank withdrawals!”
    “For what?”
    “The information, naturallyI hired a former judge who has contacts—”
    “For information about Craft?”
    “What?”
    “Croft
    “Who?”
    “Our major, Counselor
    “If that’s her code name, then yes, yes I did!”
    “A code name?”
    “The womanThey flew to the island of MontserratI swear that’s what I was
    told!”
    There was a sudden click and the line went dead
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    118
    13
    His hand still on the telephone, Conklin broke out in a sweatHe released the phone and got up
    from his chair, limping away from the computer, looking back at it, down at it, as if it were some
    monstrous thing that had taken him into a forbidden land where nothing was as it appeared to be or
    should beWhat had happened? How did Randolph Gates know anything about Montserrat, about
    Marie and the children? Why?
    Alex lowered himself into the armchair, his pulse racing, his thoughts clashing, no judgments
    emerging, only chaosHe gripped his right wrist with his left hand, his nails digging into his flesh
    He had to get hold of himself, he had to think—he had to act! For David’s wife and childrenWhat were the conceivable associations? It was difficult enough to consider Gates
    as even unwittingly a part of Medusa, but impossible to think he was also connected to Carlos the
    JackalYet both appeared to be; the connections existedWas Carlos himself part of
    Swayne’s Medusa? Everything they knew about the Jackal would deny it emphaticallyThe
    assassin’s strength was in his total disassociation with any structured entity, Jason Bourne had
    proved that thirteen years ago in Par
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:54 am
    @@@@@She was an original! It made no difference
    @@@@@She was an
    original! It made no difference that Luke was in DublinLet him
    sneer all he likedShe could look him in the eye without fear or
    shame, and be damned to himShe sorted through the pile, picking
    and
    choosing, and a tiny bubble of excitement rose in her heartIt was
    nice to be wanted, nice to wear pretty gowns and dance in pretty
    rooms
    So what if the social world of Dublin was Anglo? She knew enough
    now
    to recognize that Society's smiles and frowns, rules and
    transgressions, honors and ostracisms, triumphs and losses, were all
    part of a gameNone of it was important, none of it mattered to the
    world of reality outside the gilded ballrooms
    But games were made to be played, and she was a good playerShe
    was
    glad, after all, that she'd come to Dublin
    Scarlett learned immediately that the Earl of Fenton's presence in
    Dublin had set off a frenzy of excitement and speculation"My dear,"
    said May Taplow, "even in London people can talk of nothing else
    Everyone knows Fenton considers Dublin a thirdrate provincial
    outpost
    His house hasn't been opened for decadesWhy in the world is he
    here?"
    "I can't imagine," Scarlett replied, relishing the thought of May's
    reaction if she told herFenton seemed to turn up every place she
    wentScarlett - him with cool good manners and ignored the
    expression
    of tuous confidence in his eyesAfter the first encounter she didn't
    fill with anger when she chanced to meet his gazehe had no to hurt
    her any moreBut she was pierced by pain again and
    when she glimpsed the back of a tall dark-haired man clad in - or
    brocade, and it turned out to be FentonFor Scarlett looked Rhett in
    every crowdNe'd been at the Castle the year before, wú not this year
    this room? But it was always FentonEverywhere
    she looked, in the of everyone around her, in the columns of every
    newspaper she - She could at least be thankful that he paid no special
    attention her; then the gossips would have pursued her as wellBut
    she wished to heaven that his name was not on every tongue every
    day
    Rumors gradually coalesced into two theories: he had - 1- his
    neglected
    house for a surreptitious, unofficial visit from the of Wales; or he
    had fallen under the spell of Lady Sophia I who had been the talk of
    London's Season in May and was repe her success now in Du
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:54 am
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    “Better?” Doc asked after a long moment of slow pouringIt didn't sound like assent
    Walter grimaced and tiffany cross then moaned
    Doc cursed under his breath“Where's Jared?” he muttered
    I stiffened at the nameMelanie stirred and then drifted again
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    “The pain's too much for him to stay consciousLet him be,” Doc said
    My throat felt swollen“What can I do?”
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:54 am
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    There was a draw they had to cross a few hundred feet before they reached 1st Battalion, and its banks sloped very steeply down to a little stony brook, then ascended again abruptly to about fifteen feet above the bottomThis was the stream the officer had mentionedWhen the men reached it, the column stopped completely, and the stragglers caught upEach team of soldiers waited for the men and gun in front of them to cross the streamIn the night it was an extremely difficult business at best and took a long timeThe men would go sliding down the bank trying to restrain their field piece from turning over at the bottom, and then they would have to lift it over the slippery rocks of the brook before attempting to wrestle it up the other sideThe banks were slimy, and there was no foothold; time and again a team would force their gun up almost to the top of the draw only to slip back again futilely
    By the time Wyman and Toglio and Goldstein had to move their gun, a half hour had passed and they were a little restedTheir wind had returned and they kept shouting instructions to each other as they nosed the gun over the edge of the bankIt began to pull away from them, and they had to resist desperately to keep it from crashing to the bottomThe exertion drained most of the strength they had recovered, and after they had carried the piece across the stream, they were as exhausted as they had been at any time during the march
    They stopped for a few moments to gather whatever force was left in them and began the struggle up the bankToglio was wheezing like a bull, and his commands had a hoarse urgent sound as if he were wrenching them from deep inside his bodyPUSH," he growled, and the three of them strove numbly to roll the gunIt resisted them, moved sluggishly and treacherously, and the strength began to flow out of their trembling legs"HOLD IT!" Toglio shouted "DON'T LET IT SLIP!" They braced themselves behind the gun, trying to wedge their feet into the wet clay of the bank"PUSH AGAIN!" he shouted, and they forced it upward a few more feetWyman felt a band was stretching dangerously inside his body, and would snap at any momentThey rested again, and then shoved the gun another few yardsSlowly, minute by minute, they came closer to the topThey were perhaps four feet from the crest when Wyman lost the last reserves of his stre
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
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    goThe iron door of the stove closed on the renewed flames with a
    loud noise that made Mammy stir in her bedScarlett hurried across
    to
    pull the quilts up againMammy squinted through her pain at Scarlett
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    Before the old woman drifted away, Scarlett kissed her forehead
    "No need to tell me what I knows already Mammy slid into sleep,
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    herself"There's all kinds of needI never told Melanie, and I
    didn't tell Scarlett until it was too late
    I never took the time to know I loved them, or you eitherAt least
    with you I won't make the mistake I did with them Scarlett stared
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    2:52 am
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    a list, Louis The guest walked toward the short marble foyer
    “No fancy attaché case, Signor Avvocato?” said the capo, rising from the couch
    “And upset the not so delicate mechanisms in your doorway?”
    “Hey, it’s a violent world out there
    “I wouldn’t know about that
    The Wall Street attorney left, and at the sound of the closing door, Louis rushed across the room
    to the inlaid Queen Anne desk and virtually pounced on the ivory French telephone—as usual,
    tipping over the tall thin instrument twice before securing the stem with one hand while dialing
    with the other“Fucking swish horn!” he mumbled“Goddamned fairy decorator! Mario?”
    “Hello, Lou,” said the pleasant voice in New Rochelle“I’ll bet you called to wish Anthony a
    happy birthday, huh?”
    “Who?”
    “My kid, AnthonyHe’s fifteen today, did you forget? The whole family’s out in the garden and
    we miss you, CousinAnd hey, Lou, what a garden this year
    “You also may be something else
    “What?”
    “Buy Anthony a present and send me the billAt fifteen, maybe a broadHe’s ready for
    manhood
    “Lou, you’re too muchThere are other things—”
    “There’s only one thing now, Mario, and I want the truth from your lips or I’ll carve them out of
    your face!”
    There was a brief pause from New Rochelle before the pleasant-sounding executioner spoke“I
    don’t deserve to be talked to that way, cuginoThere was a book taken from that general’s place in Manassas, a very
    valuable book
    “They found out it was missing, huh?”
    “Holy shit! You got it?”
    “I had it, LouIt was going to be a present to you, but I lost it
    “You lost it? What the fuck did you do, leave it in a ‘taxi’?”
    “No, I was running for my life, that maniac with the flares, what’s his name, Webb, unloading at
    me in the drivewayHe grazed me and I fell and the lousy book flew out of my hand—just as the
    police car arrivedHe picked it up and I ran like hell for the fe
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    2:52 am
    @@@@@Just once I'd like to meet a man who was
    @@@@@Just once I'd like to meet a man who was a
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    say now, ask later when I'm not feeling so
    upset'"
    She sniffed in my ear, and I waited for the
    follow-up honkShe cried the same way as
    always; some things apparently didn't change
    "Fuck you, Edgar, for fucking up what was actually
    a pretty good day
    "I don't care who you sleep with," I saidAll I want is to save Tom Riley's life
    This time she screamed so loud I had to hold the
    phone away from my ear"I'm not RESPONSIBLE for
    his life! WE'RE QUITS! Did you miss that?" Then, a
    little lower (but not much): "He's not even in StHe's on a cruise with his mother and that
    gayboy brother of his
    Suddenly I understood, or thought I didIt was as
    if I were flying over it, getting an aerial view
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    Maybe because I had contemplated suicide,
    cautioning myself all the while that it must
    absolutely look like an accidentNot so the
    insurance money would get paid, but so that my
    daughters wouldn't have to go through life with
    the stigma of everyone knowing -
    And that was the answer, wasn't it?
    "Tell him you knowWhen he gets back, tell him
    you know he's planning to kill himself
    "Why would he believe me?"
    "Because he is planning to
    Because he's mentally ill, and probably thinks
    he's going around with a sign that says PLANNING
    SUICIDE taped to his backTell him you know he's
    been ditching his antidepressantsYou do know
    that, right? For a factBut telling him to take them never helped
    before
    "Did you ever tell him you'd tattle on him if he
    didn't start taking his medicine? Tattle to
    everyone?"
    "No, and I'm not going to now!" She sounded
    appalled"Do you think I want everyone in St
    288
    Paul to know I slept with Tom Riley? That I had a
    thing with him?"
    "How about all of StPaul knowing you care what
    happens to him? Would that be so goddam awful?"
    She was silent
    "All I want is for you to confront him when he
    comes back-"
    "All you want! Right! Your whole life has been
    about all you want! I tell you what, Eddie, if
    this is such a BFD to you, then you confront him!"
    It was that shrill hardness again, but this time
    with fear behind
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
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    bear your own dear children, nor consider her, in any respect, so much
    my own, I should hate myself if I were capable of neglecting herIs
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    bit of bread to give her? My dear Sir Thomas, with all my faults I have
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    of life than do an ungenerous thingSo, if you are not against it,
    I will write to my poor sister tomorrow, and make the proposal; and,
    as soon as matters are settled, I will engage to get the child to Mansfield;
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    regardI will send Nanny to London on purpose, and she may have a
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    8
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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