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• The following appeared in a memorandum written by the vice president of Nature's Way, a chain of stores selling health food and other health-related products.
  "Previous experience has shown that our stores are most profitable in areas where residents are highly concerned with leading healthy lives....
• The following appeared in a memo from the president of a chain of cheese stores located throughout the United States.
  "For many years all the stores in our chain have stocked a wide variety of both domestic and imported cheeses....
• The following appeared in a memorandum issued by the strategic planning department at Omni Inc.
  "Mesa Foods, a manufacturer of snack foods that currently markets its products within a relatively small region of the country, has strong growth potential....
• The following appeared in a memorandum from the president of Hyper-Go Toy Company.
  "Last year, sales of our Fierce Fighter toy airplane declined sharply, even though the toy had been a top seller for three years....
• The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Parkville Daily Newspaper.
  "Throughout the country last year, as more and more children below the age of nine participated in youth-league softball and soccer, over 80,000 of these young players suffered injuries....
• The following appeared in a memo from a manager of a car dealership.
  "Ten years ago, long-term car leasing became available in our country of Mohilia as an alternative to outright car ownership, and leasing has steadily risen in popularity....
• 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 newspaper published in the state of Celera.
  "Speed limits on our state's highways should be eliminated in order to increase our state's prosperity....
• The following appeared in a memorandum from the owner of Armchair Video, a chain of video rental stores.
  "Because of declining profits, we must reduce operating expenses at Armchair Video's ten video rental stores....