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Calvin
Jul 25, 2012, 7:35:56 PM7/25/12
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1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of
a ridged roof?
8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
Oscar-winning actress?
9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
--
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Jul 25, 2012, 7:42:37 PM7/25/12
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"Calvin":
Or if you're counting players who *could* be on the field
without someone else needing to leave the game, then it's
9 in the National League and 10 in the American League.
Well, you asked.
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
Cusack?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
Oxford. (It's -ean.)
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
Left, I think.
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon.
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
Einstein.
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall
> at the end of a ridged roof?
Gable.
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
Thompson.
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman.
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
Orange.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "It's easier to deal with 'opposite numbers'
m...@vex.net | when you know you cannot trust them." --Chess
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
1 to 4 for the team at bat, and 9 for the team fielding.
Or if you're counting players who *could* be on the field
without someone else needing to leave the game, then it's
9 in the National League and 10 in the American League.
Well, you asked.
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall
> at the end of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "It's easier to deal with 'opposite numbers'
m...@vex.net | when you know you cannot trust them." --Chess
My text in this article is in the public domain.
robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker
Jul 25, 2012, 8:20:49 PM7/25/12
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> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of
> a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
Rob
Marc Dashevsky
Jul 25, 2012, 8:38:53 PM7/25/12
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In article <op.wh0zt...@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, cal...@phlegm.com says...
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
John Cusack
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
the wro^H^H^Hleft side
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
Albert Einstein
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a ridged roof?
gable
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which Oscar-winning actress?
Emma Thompson
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
orange
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> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
--
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Jeffrey Turner
Jul 25, 2012, 10:21:57 PM7/25/12
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On 7/25/2012 7:35 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
Nine
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
Left
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?
Gambrel
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
International Orange (for visibility)
--Jeff
swp
Jul 25, 2012, 11:57:56 PM7/25/12
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On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:35:56 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall
> at the end of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
swp
John Masters
Jul 26, 2012, 12:42:47 AM7/26/12
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On 2012-07-25 23:35:56 +0000, Calvin said:
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
6
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end
> of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
--
John Masters
Of those who say nothing, few are silent.
- Thomas Neill
Joachim Parsch
Jul 26, 2012, 2:15:07 AM7/26/12
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Calvin schrieb:
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of
> a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
Joachim
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 26, 2012, 4:06:18 AM7/26/12
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8
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
Bath
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
Left
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
Ben-Gurion?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?
Gable
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
>
Orange
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque
Jul 26, 2012, 6:30:41 AM7/26/12
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Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
--
Dan Tilque
Bruce Bowler
Jul 26, 2012, 10:50:49 AM7/26/12
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:35:56 +1000, Calvin wrote:
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9 and between 1 and 4 depending whether you're talking offence or defence.
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
end
> of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
Peter Smyth
Jul 26, 2012, 4:43:20 PM7/26/12
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"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.wh0zt...@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
Peter Smyth
news:op.wh0zt...@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
>1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
>2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
Kevin Costner
>3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
Oxford
>4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
Left
>5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon
>6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
Einstein
>7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of
>a ridged roof?
Gable
>a ridged roof?
>8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
>Oscar-winning actress?
Emma Thompson
>Oscar-winning actress?
>9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman
>10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
Orange
Peter Smyth
Gareth Owen
Jul 27, 2012, 1:22:11 AM7/27/12
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9
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
Tim Robbins?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
Oxford (FWIW, its Ashmolean)
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
Left
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
Einstein
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end
> of a ridged roof?
Gable
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
Emma Thompson
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
Yellow
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end
> of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
Chris F.A. Johnson
Jul 27, 2012, 6:04:38 PM7/27/12
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On 2012-07-25, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of
> a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com>
Author: =======================
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Pete
Jul 28, 2012, 6:03:45 PM7/28/12
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Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.wh0zt...@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
Cusack
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
Liverpool
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
Left
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
Albert Einstein
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?
Gable
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
Orange
>
Pete
news:op.wh0zt...@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
>
Pete
Stan Brown
Jul 28, 2012, 8:13:00 PM7/28/12
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:35:56 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
Nine
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of
> a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
--
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http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
Calvin
Jul 30, 2012, 12:39:20 AM7/30/12
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:35:56 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolean museum is located in which English city?
Oxford
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end
> of a ridged roof?
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
To increase visibility. It's an Australian invention too!
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 236
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 Rob Parker
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 Stan Brown
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 Joachim Parsch
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Bruce Bowler
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 John Masters
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Jeffrey Turner
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
13 7 7 15 15 9 10 9 14 10 109 73%
Congratulations Mark and Stephen.
--
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Jul 30, 2012, 2:51:23 AM7/30/12
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"Calvin":
> Congratulations Mark and Stephen.
Ah, but I win the tiebreaker for answering #1 completely. Or more
completely, anyway.
--
Mark Brader "Never re-invent the wheel unnecessarily;
Toronto yours may have corners."
m...@vex.net -- Henry Spencer
> Congratulations Mark and Stephen.
Ah, but I win the tiebreaker for answering #1 completely. Or more
completely, anyway.
--
Mark Brader "Never re-invent the wheel unnecessarily;
Toronto yours may have corners."
m...@vex.net -- Henry Spencer
Bruce Bowler
Jul 30, 2012, 9:30:50 AM7/30/12
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:39:20 +1000, Calvin wrote:
Scrounging for a point... My answer was pediment. (definition below)
>> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
end
>> of a ridged roof?
>
> Gable
A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the
triangular section found above the horizontal structure (entablature),
typically supported by columns.
Scrounging for a point... My answer was pediment. (definition below)
>> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
end
>> of a ridged roof?
>
> Gable
triangular section found above the horizontal structure (entablature),
typically supported by columns.
Calvin
Jul 30, 2012, 6:04:20 PM7/30/12
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:30:50 +1000, Bruce Bowler <bbo...@bigelow.org>
wrote:
OK, but what about the ridges?
--
cheers,
calvin
wrote:
--
cheers,
calvin
Calvin
Jul 30, 2012, 6:06:09 PM7/30/12
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:51:23 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> "Calvin":
>> Congratulations Mark and Stephen.
>
> Ah, but I win the tiebreaker for answering #1 completely. Or more
> completely, anyway.
And also under the "anyone that isn't swp" tiebreaker :-)
> "Calvin":
>> Congratulations Mark and Stephen.
>
> Ah, but I win the tiebreaker for answering #1 completely. Or more
> completely, anyway.
--
cheers,
calvin
swp
Jul 30, 2012, 7:00:22 PM7/30/12
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swp
Gareth Owen
Jul 31, 2012, 1:36:26 AM7/31/12
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swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> writes:
> I do not concede to the "anyone who isn't swp" rule for the same
> reason the ny yankees and manchester united don't have similar rules
> against them.
They do in my house.
> I do not concede to the "anyone who isn't swp" rule for the same
> reason the ny yankees and manchester united don't have similar rules
> against them.
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