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What is this for, Ryan wondered as he looked at the bill from Enterprise car rental company. He and Amelia had traveled to Tucson over a month ago. He had wanted to take his car, but she said she didnt trust his car. Its a piece of junk, she said. Be

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Ryan and Amelia traveled in the rented Buick to Tucson to attend a weekend gem and mineral show; the big national show was every April. They mostly browsed. Amelia was partial to natural, unpolished stones. One that she particularly liked was priced

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Todd: OK, Keith, if you won 1,000,000 dollars? No, wait, 10,000,000 dollars. Keith: 10,000,000. Todd: If you won 10,000,000, what would you do? Keith: Well, first thing I'd do, I'd probably buy a nice house for me and my wife. Todd: OK, where would t

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shows it really quite well. In order to bring back a piece of this mystery, his team of divers will be risking their lives. Diving problems, you got currents, tides, waves. We havent been here before. We haven't been this deep, though. One of those c

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