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• The following appeared in a proposal from the economic minister of the country of Paraterra.
  "In order to strengthen its lagging economy, last year the government of the nearby country of Bellegea began an advertising campaign to promote ecologically sound tourism (ecotourism)....
• The following appeared in a newspaper article about law firms in the city of Megalopolis.
  "In Megalopolis, the number of law school graduates who went to work for large, corporate firms declined by 15 percent over the last three years, whereas an increasing number of graduates took jobs at small, general practice firms....
• GARTHER, n. An elastic band intended to keep a woman from coming out of her stockings and desolating the country.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Garter, n.: An elastic band intended to keep a woman from coming out of her stockings and desolating the country.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• The following appeared in a memo from the president of a company that builds and sells new homes in Steel City.
  "Over the past five years, the population of Steel City has increased by more than 20 percent, and family incomes in Steel City have risen much faster than the national average....
• The following appeared in a memorandum from the new president of the Patriot car manufacturing company.
  "In the past, the body styles of Patriot cars have been old-fashioned, and our cars have not sold as well as have our competitors' cars....
• The following was posted on an Internet real estate discussion site.
  "Of the two leading real estate firms in our town ....
• The following appeared in a health newsletter. "A ten-year nationwide study of the effectiveness of wearing a helmet while bicycling indicates that ten years ago
  approximately 35 percent of all bicyclists reported wearing helmets, whereas today that number is nearly 80 percent....