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But it's probably true that the Japanese who picked up the yen would immediately bank it, instead of buying a brand-new suit or power mower as any patriotic American would.
The story was picked up, though, by a more provincial publication--the New York Times --which could more credibly make that claim.
After lengthy deliberations, during which the Commission held 40 days of hearings to consider 178 pieces of testimony presented by 122 witnesses representing 77 participants, including the Postal Service, the Commission has concluded that the---- Wait a minute, I think I picked up the wrong presentation on my way out of the office yesterday.
Detractors complained that she should have picked on someone her own size.
"I reserved a U-Haul truck for a Saturday morning to be picked up at 8," one correspondent, T., reports.