Opening Statements

Author(s): Judy Sutton Taylor and Margaret Littman

Source: ABA Journal, Vol. 101, No. 4 (APRIL 2015), pp. 9-14
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claim that the Cubs, believing roof optimization.
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ticket prices inside Wrigley, had making what Fiumara
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