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• The following appeared in a memo from the economic minister of the small country Paucia.
  "Using a newly developed variety of seed, farmers in our neighboring country Abundia produced 80 percent more rice last year than in any previous year....
• The following appeared in a letter from the manager of a rock band named Double Rice.
  "One year ago, tickets for Double Rice's concerts in stadiums around the country took, on average, at least 24 hours to sell out, if they sold out at all....
• The following report appeared in a memo from the vice president of the Southside Transportation Authority.
  "We should abandon our current five-year plan to purchase additional buses to serve the campus of Southside University, because students there are unlikely to use them....
• 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 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 newsletter from a national astronomy association.
  "Various sources are predicting higher-than-average temperatures across the country next winter, including in Sun City, the traditional location of our yearly winter conference....
• The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Clearview newspaper.
  "In the next mayoral election, residents of Clearview should vote for Ann Green, who is a member of the Good Earth Coalition, rather than for Frank Braun, a member of the Clearview town council, because the current members are not protecting our environment....
• 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 appeared in a letter to the editor of a Batavia newspaper.
  "The department of agriculture in Batavia reports that the number of dairy farms throughout the country is now 25 percent greater than it was 10 years ago....