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font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-transform: capitalize; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-right: 10px;"><a class="" data-prefetch="/articles/mcdonalds-wont-use-gmo-innate-potatoes,37475/" href="http://www.theonion.com/features/american-voices/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">AMERICAN VOICES</a> • <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.theonion.com/channels/opinion/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); text-decoration: none;" class="">Opinion</a></span> • <a class="" href="http://www.theonion.com/issue/5046/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); text-decoration: none;">ISSUE 50•46</a> • <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nov 18, 2014</span></div><div id="topshare" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; 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What do <i style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416755506652_3028">you</i> think?</div><ul class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 0px; float: left; clear: both; width: 640px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416755506652_3033"><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; clear: none; display: inline-block; float: left; margin: 0px 6.390625px 10px 0px; width: 204.796875px;"><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin-bottom: 1em; clear: both; float: left; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; width: 204.796875px; padding-right: 10px !important; background: -webkit-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(245, 246, 246) 23%, rgb(238, 238, 239) 81%) rgb(238, 238, 239);"><a data-prefetch="" href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/mcdonalds-wont-use-gmo-innate-potatoes,37475/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); text-decoration: none; display: block;" class=""><img src="http://o.onionstatic.com/images/10/10319/3x4/148.jpg?0601" class="" width="148" height="197" alt="" title="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; width: 184.796875px; max-width: 100%;"></a></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; padding-left: 0px; width: 204.796875px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: MetaSerifWeb-BookItalic, Georgia, serif;" class="">“Good call. 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