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After Lawrence finished shipping all of the boxes to Steven, 
Here's how I want to continue it: Steven had a much fuller warehouse.

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The mans reaction was a lot better that his wife's face, because the 
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The draining discussion was followed by a lively lecture.  The 
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lecture was just so interesting.