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`Santa's first artificial leg
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`Fr hune photo by Phil Holes-nun
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`“Raybohed at my wound and
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`McKinney said the suction
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`Ray McKinney says his Gumeebased prosthetics company can turn a profit in its first year.
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`Ray has put a swivel in"
`Satisfied as they were with
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