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The Motley Fool March 10, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Fool's Look Ahead Daydreams, satellite streams, and retail extremes will color in the week that lies ahead: Monday -- eCollege posts its 2005 results... Tuesday -- Citi Trends has amassed some huge same-store sales gains... etc.
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