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• The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.
  "The population of Balmer Island increases to 100,000 duing the summer months....
• The following appeared in a Letter to the Editor of the Shady Village newspaper.
  "Commuters are complaining that the rush hour traffic on Blue Highway between Shady Village and Bright City has doubled their commuting time....
• The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Alta Manufacturing.
  "During the past year, Alta Manufacturing had thirty percent more on-the-job accidents than nearby Panoply Industries, where the work shifts are one hour shorter than ours....
• The following appeared in an editorial in a Prunty County newspaper.
  "In an attempt to improve highway safety, Prunty County recently lowered its speed limit from 55 miles per hour to 45 on all major county roads....
• 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....
• According to a poll of 200 charitable organizations, donations of money to nonprofit groups increased by nearly 25 percent last year, though not all charities gained equally.
  Religious groups gained the most (30 percent), followed by environmental groups (23 percent), whereas educational institutions experienced only a very small increase in donations (3 percent)....
• There is a general idea that waiters and waitresses are more likely to receive larger gratuities from large groups of people.
  A recent research study suggests this is not true....
• 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 is a memo from the president of Cyberell Computer Company.
  "All of our customer-service employees recently attended a two-day retreat during which they received retraining in effective customer service....