QUES: Sales - a figure watched closely as a barometer of its health - rose 5 percent instead of falling as many industry experts had predicted .

It also disclosed that sales -- a figure closely watched by analysts as a barometer of its health -- were significantly higher than industry experts expected .

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QUES: Called " Taxpayers Against the Recall , " it was to be launched Wednesday afternoon outside a Sacramento fire station .

The new effort , Taxpayers Against the Recall , will be formally launched today outside a Sacramento fire station .

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QUES: But Mr Robinson urged the voters to be " kind and sensitive and gentle " to the believers who " will not understand what you 've done here today " .

But he urged the delegates who elected him to be " kind and sensitive and gentle " to believers who " will not understand what you 've done here today . "

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