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The meeting won't provide food for the working crowd, because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: crowd is too widespread.

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Joe knew that planets are closer to the sun than stars and that the 
Here's how I want to continue it: planets were much smaller.

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Ian was always at William 's service during the day, as 
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William was very needy.