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Last year the worldwide paper industry used over twice as much fresh
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Convective clouds and storms represent one of the most important and c
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Damaged nerves in the spinal cord do not regenerate themselves natural
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Canadians now increasingly engage in “out-shopping,” which is shopping
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People who live unusually long tend to have been lean young adults who
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