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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1911.The_World_Is_Flat_A_Brief_History_of_the_Twenty_First_Century">The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18675.Thomas_L_Friedman">Thomas L. Friedman</a>]]></action_text>
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