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Containing Quotes

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Steven Magee
“Wavelength calibration lamps containing mercury and other elements were in use in astronomy.”
Steven Magee

Dan    Brown
“I’m relieved to see
that even brilliant physicists make mistakes.”
Kohler looked over. “What do you mean?”
“Whoever wrote that note made a mistake. That column isn’t Ionic. Ionic columns are uniform in width. That one’s tapered. It’s Doric—the Greek counterpart. A common mistake.”
Kohler did not smile. “The author meant it as a joke, Mr. Langdon. Ionic means containing ions—electrically charged particles. Most objects contain them.”
Dan Brown, Angels & Demons