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• The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of West Egg.
  "Two years ago, our consultants predicted that West Egg's landfill, which is used for garbage disposal, would be completely filled within five years....
• 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 the editorial section of a local newspaper.
  "The librarians in our town's school system have reported that the number of trips that our students make to their school library on a voluntary basis has decreased significantly in recent years....
• The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of a large, highly diversified company.
  "Ten years ago our company had two new regional office buildings built in two different regions....
• The following appeared in the letter to an editor of a Myrian newspaper.
  "Under Governor Winslow's leadership over the past four years, Myria has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity....
• The following appeared in a recommendation from the planning department of the city of Transopolis.
  "Ten years ago, as part of a comprehensive urban renewal program, the city of Transopolis adapted for industrial use a large area of severely substandard housing near the freeway....
• The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper from a citizen of the state of Impecunia.
  "Two years ago our neighboring state, Lucria, began a state lottery to supplement tax revenues for education and public health....
• The following appeared in a letter from the mayor of Tudor City.
  "After a major airline chose Yorkville as its regional flight hub, the number of businesses in that city almost doubled and local tax revenue increased by 50 percent....
• The young man-about-town enjoyed luxury but didn't always have the means to buy i
  and so he huffily walked out of the Miami Beach hotel when he found out the charges for room, meals and golf privileges were $...