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LAZEAR RETURNS FROM BIKING WITH THE PRESIDENT

Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Edward Lazear looks over his backpack after returning from Beltsville, Maryland and a bike ride with United States President George W. Bush on Sunday, October 29, 2006. (UPI Photo/Ron Sachs/Pool)

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