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Its owner, Sakaolath Sugizaki, expects to get a few more soon, but she says her supplier is keeping the bulk of its stock for bigger customers.

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Justice Department officials expect, however, that only a few of the commuted inmates are potential candidates for state prosecution.

Unlike a few of the seedling apples we’d tasted—some of which foragers evocatively call “spitters”—this was fruit I’d cut up to serve with thick slices of cheddar.

The singer had a long history of addiction: “I’d hit rock bottom a few times in my life, but always from booze and drugs,” he writes.

Matsumoto sketches his main characters in a few quick strokes, content to indicate their ages along with a physical feature, a personality trait, or an aspect of dress.

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