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budget and reorienting exports to the EU
The country emerged from recession in 1994 with 2.6% growth and reached about 5% growth in both 1995 and 1996 while keeping a balanced budget and reorienting exports to the EU.
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

be almost round except that they end
“ Augustbirn , that is, August pear, would be almost round except that they end in a short point.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick

been attentively read even to the end
The work shows more evidence of having been attentively read, even to the end of the third volume, than any in the library.
— from Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872 by George Buchanan

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