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6.12sIn fact, every copy of Shirley jackson's the Lottery has been checked out from the library.
2.69sThe book does not contain hints on winning the lottery.
4.24sIt is a chilling tale of conformity gone mad.
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1.7sThere's one big winner--
3.14sour state school system which gets half the profits.
2.67sjust think what we can buy with that money--
10.38shistory books that know how the Korean War came out and a state-of-the-art detention hall where children are held in place with magnets.
2.62sMagnets-- always with the magnets.
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4.32sI've never been so sure of anything in my life.
2.84sI am going to win this lottery.
3.2sHomer, the odds are 380 million to one.
4.02sCorrection: 380 million to 50!