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  "thread": {
    "id": 5977,
    "subject": "This week in Google alerts: story with Gaiman.",
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    "first": "2011-02-19T22:12:00+00:00",
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      "message_id": "<AANLkTi=Z4beBUd2y3FVsOw0a9hxpxaP1kj13BNr4AzZy@mail.gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Andrew Mason",
        "address": "andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com"
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      "date": "2011-02-19T22:12:00+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) This week in Google alerts: story with Gaiman.",
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          "text": ":Gerry Quinn wrote:\nI read that too. ?My first thought was that it was not English, because\nEnglish is clearly referenced by Thea in her speech about \"when the damn men\nwent to Verthandi\". ?In the ancient language of the dawn men, \"Present\"\nmeans both \"Now\" and \"The Gift\". ?She is baffled as to how anyone could use\na language so confusing."
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          "text": "Actually it's not really surprising; the meanings are linked. A gift\nis something that is presented to you; and 'now' is the present\nmoment, the moment that is presented to me as I speak."
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