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==== Sports ====
==== Sports ====


"Pittsburgh beat Baltimore by a score of forty-three to twenty-three." The words "Pittsburgh" and "Baltimore" refer to the respective football teams that represent their cities, the Steelers and the Ravens.
"Pittsburgh beat Baltimore by a score of forty-three to twenty-three." The words "Pittsburgh" and "Baltimore" refer to the respective football teams that represent their cities, the Steelers and the Ravens. One associates the Steelers with Pittsburgh and the Ravens with Baltimore.


==== Potpourii ====
==== Potpourii ====
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