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Augie: Today’s the day. I’m giving you the heads up. [bad word] is rolling out its new line of cell phones. 

Lillian: I can see you’re excited about it. What’s so special about the new products? 

Augie: This line of phones has state-of- the-art technology and never- before-seen features. It’s been in development for over a year and it’s been really hard keeping it under wraps. 

Lillian: I thought information was leaked weeks ago. 

Augie: Those were [bad word]  and [bad word] put a clamp on those pretty quickly. 

Lillian: Wasn’t the new line supposed [bad word] out next month? 

Augie: That was the original plan, but since McQ Corp. [bad word] out with its own line of phones soon, we wanted to get a jump on them. 

Lillian: And steal their thunder. 

Augie: Yes, and steal their thunder. We had to scramble to get the phones ready ahead of schedule, but I think it was worth it. They’re really going to make a splash. 

Lillian: I hope so. I hope all of this hype has been justified. 

Augie: Oh, it will be. I’ll know soon enough. 

Lillian: How? 

Augie: You’ll be begging me to get you one.