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• "As a gesture of goodwill, and to show you how much I appreciate your business, I have waived the fee for the initial 2 minute and 30 second phone call with Mr Quincy."
• "I believe you use the initials "M.S."
• "If you look closely you'll see the initials "XD" which stand for Xavier Delavigne – Bruno's grandfather."
• "So, why don't we make the initial order 300,000 units?"
• "I was just talking to Hannah about an initial order of Delavigne goods."
• "Still, Miracle Juices' founders, Bruno Delavigne and Horatio Oléré, have refused to accept the initial terms of the offer, leading to prolonged bargaining sessions behind closed doors."
• "To me, it suggests a perfume bottle shaped in the form of our initials "DC"."
• "Scientists initially thought that the result was an anomaly, and feared their data was tainted, however repeated testing confirmed that the data was in fact valid."
• "You need to be thinking for the long term. These changes may be difficult to implement but the benefits far outweigh the initial effort."
• "I'm interested, but I'd prefer an initial order of 30,000 units."