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    <body><![CDATA[I already love Ian Ayres because he wrote a book about <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2018649.Super_Crunchers_Why_Thinking_by_Numbers_Is_the_New_Way_to_Be_Smart">why being a data miner is the new way to be smart</a>.  And then, as if that weren't enough, he and his wife teamed up on this book.  Ian Ayres, what can I do for *you*?<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39816603">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A bracingly clear understanding of how heterosexual America needs to embrace its gay &amp; lesbian citizens far more fully than is now the case.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just don't think I was exactly the right audience for this book. It would be great for a young straight couple who is pro-equality. ]]></body>
    
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