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The display in the window was attractive, but Miriam (51) ______ where the new business was going to come from. Cannon Falls wasn't a one –sop-light town, but it wasn't a great metropolis either. There just weren't that many people to warrant an extravagant new business (52)______ such as this. The bank manager, Al Gropin , had even invested in some full-page advertisements in the (53)________ paper and had hired some clowns to perform on the street in front of the bank all to try to (54)______ new customers.
But Miriam didn't linger long in front of the window, and she didn't waste much (55) ______ on her thoughts of AI's grand schemes. Her mission today was the same as it had been every weekday for the (56) ______ several weeks.
She nodded at passers-by, shopkeepers, and neighbors as she walked purposefully along the wide (57)___________ toward The Computer Shack. There was a (58) ______ expression on her face as she smiled and said her "hellos and "good afternoons" and "how are you s" to the people she saw almost every day of her life Her daily meeting with Officer Quanbeck (59)______ failed to amuse her. She smiled to herself as they (60)______ greetings and wondered whether he would feel as stupid as he looked after she pulled off the crime of the century.
(From New Applications)