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    Diary of a Congressional Candidate in Florida’s Fourth Congressional District : The Diary
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    McSweeney’s Halloween Tales: Memory of Halloween, Only Slightly Haunted
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  • October 29, 2004
    McSweeney’s Halloween Tales: Cinderfella
    by Po Bronson
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