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Chris -- 2011-03-08
A rare substitution, but it makes sense. Examples:
Harps were expensive, symbols of conspicuous consummation.
www.jimandellen.org/mp/ MaryCrawfordsHarpandSlaverywithmoreonMrsNorrisnotsofavorable.html
... the poor schlub making 10K a year and those making 1M a year are pretty much
the same barring conspicuous consummation on the part of the millionaire.
www.washingtonmonthly.com/ archives/individual/2005_05/006231.php
while it simultaneously displays its own conspicuous consummation of scare
resources, it encapsulates the inherently anti-urban sentiment of the new …
www.execulink.com/~boundry/0508.pdf
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