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FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a copy of his 1987 book, "Trump: The Art of the Deal" during his campaign town hall event at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H. Trump's first book is a memoir/manifesto dedicated to a life of big-time negotiating. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
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