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      Dish Delay: Worth Waiting For    </div>

    
        <div class="art-deck"><p>Hey, folks, Pollack and Ruby are under the gun with deadlines. You’ll get your Dish tomorrow, complete with a couple of juicy restaurant scoops.</p>
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