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  13. If You Google 'About the Author,' You Get Tom Friedman's Bio - The Atlantic bit.ly/IYaJTE 2:58 PM Apr 17th via Tweet Button
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  • Bio A talented, creative writer invents a story about an object. Invested with new significance by this fiction, the object is sold online.
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