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								The tax also would lead to a yearly 2-pound weight loss for soda drinkers, on average, they estimated. Experts: Penny per ounce soda tax to fight obesity, health costs 2009 
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								Of counting reps as I do bicep curls with 2-pound weights in hand. Julie Gerstenblatt: Working Out? Listen Up! What Will Be Your Gym Anthem of 2012? Julie Gerstenblatt 2012 
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								When I was in labor (which 27 hours produced a 9 1/2-pound son), my then-husband was enthusiastically cheering me on. Susan Stiffelman: Waiting for Superman? How Does an Average Teacher Become Extraordinary? Susan Stiffelman 2010 
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								Last summer, he won the U.S. Junior Championship by throwing a 13.2-pound ball more than 66 feet. N.J.'s Shot-Putter Extraordinaire Ben Cohen 2011 
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								Zoo officials estimate they sell around 200 of the 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) containers of dung per weekend, at 70 koruna ($3.90) each. 
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								Twin Springs Fruit Farm will have second apples for sauce, juice and baking at a $1.49 per pound and $15 per half bushel approximately 60 cents per pound; carrots in 2-pound bags at $4.75; potatoes in 5-pound bags at $4.75. Market Roundup: Jan. 22-23 Timothy R. Smith 2011 
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								The heroic mom survived long enough to deliver her 2-pound, 1 ounce daughter, Dottie Mae, and hold the baby in her arms, just once. Stacie Crimm, Mom With Cancer, Refuses Chemotherapy And Dies To Save Unborn Daughter (VIDEO) 2011 
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								The hazelnuts could have been sold in 2-pound and 4-pound mixed-nut packages or 1-pound hazelnut packages or loose in open bins. 
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								If you ordered them in a 24-hour diner, they'd be: the 2-pound lobster that's been crawling around in the walk-in freezer since the Koch administration. Picking Through a Messy NFC East Jason Gay 2011 
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								The dense forest of this tiny British Caribbean territory is the last remaining stronghold of the critically endangered mountain chicken frog, a 2-pound (0.9 kg), frying pan-size amphibian that got its name because locals say its meat tastes like — you guessed it — chicken. 
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