QUES: He said : " I fear on this occasion what happened was those bits of the alphabet which supported the case were selected .

" I fear on this occasion what happened is that those bits of the alphabet that supported the case were selected , " he said .

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QUES: " The NAFTA ruling confirms that Canadian producers dump lumber in to the U.S. market , " Rusty Wood , chairman of the coalition , said in a release .

" The NAFTA ruling confirms that Canadian producers dump lumber into the U.S. market , " said Rusty Wood , chairman of the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports .

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QUES: Against the Canadian dollar , the greenback was trading nearly flat at C $ 1.3252 < CAD = > after the Bank of Canada kept key interest rates unchanged .

Against the Canadian dollar , the greenback rose 0.15 percent to $ 1.3260 < CAD = > as the Bank of Canada kept key interest rates unchanged .

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