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3 Ibid.

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6 Reinard, Foundations of Argument, 115.

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26 Ibid., 340.

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31 D. Goodwin, “Google, Bing Grow Search Market Share as Yahoo Continues to Wither,” Search Engine Watch (July 13, 2012), http://www.searchenginewatch.com/article/2191367/Google-Bing-Grow-Search-Market-Share-as-Yahoo-Continues-to-Wither.

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