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dummy

A straw man, as when a developer desires to purchase a number of properties in order to assemble them and build a shopping center but is afraid that owners will increase their asking prices if they know the true name of the buyer. Owners sell to the dummy, who then transfers to the developer.



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Vagenas was off the field receiving treatment when Jason Kreis scored in the sixth minute - from Andy Williams' feed after Jeff Cunningham dummied a long pass from Carey Talley - and collapsed a few minutes after returning to the field.
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