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Industry dominated by unprofitable government
Industry, dominated by unprofitable government-controlled corporations, accounts for about 15% of GDP.
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

is Dick Bring up ginger
But this isn't bad, though a stranger to you— (Here is Dick: Bring up ginger and whiskey for two).
— from The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Wilfred S. Skeats

in der Bukowina und Galizien
“Zauberglaube bei den Rutenen in der Bukowina und Galizien,” in Globus , lxi.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

in diameter but usually grows
Occasionally it reaches a height of 30 feet and 12 inches in diameter, but usually grows as a shrub or small tree, its trunk dividing into several stems 10 feet or so above the ground.
— from Forest Trees of Texas: How to Know Them by C. B. (Cyril Bertram) Webster

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