Because we had an incident recently that was a cause for some alarm and invited commentary from friends on the growing level of violence in the city, we knew we would be in for some good-natured ribbing on having let the robbers flee, even if with only modest pickings.

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P>Because we had an incident recently that was a cause for some alarm and invited commentary from friends on the growing level of violence in the city, we knew we would be in for some good-natured ribbing on having let the robbers flee, even if with only modest pickings.

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