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'We hate you guys, but there is nothing much we can do.' LUO PING, a director-general at China's Banking Regulatory Commission, saying Beijing will continue to buy U.S. Treasury bonds despite concerns about the potential depreciation of the dollar

'There are a lot of people who swallowed their pride and decided they need a paycheck.' ARNOLD JACKSON, associate director for the U.S. Census, on the flood of applications for the 3.8 million jobs available to help conduct the 2010 population survey

'He couldn't have been more my son than if I gave birth to him.' SANDRA HEROLD, on her pet chimpanzee,...

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