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An open letter to lost magazine and newspaper subscriptions:␈↓ ↓H
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Dear People:␈↓ ↓H
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I␈α
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(Hewlett-Packard␈α
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Signetics),␈α
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as␈α
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to␈α
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gleaned␈α
from␈α
your␈α
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become␈α
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18215 Bayview Dr.␈↓ εW
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