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Page 3516 1 industry in the past in that location, then you expect 2 a much higher rate. 3 Q Okay. Doctor, I am just about done, but I 4 have got to ask you to bear with me, and I want to ask 5 you a couple of hypotheticals; and they are pretty 6 long. So just listen carefully, and I will try to 7 read them correctly. 8 The first hypothetical, I would like you to 9 assume that an individual worked as an automobile 10 mechanic between the years of 1957 and 1992. 11 Further assume that early in his career he 12 performed brake work daily and later he performed it 13 weekly and that over the course of his career, it 14 constituted approximately 20 to 25 percent of his work 15 as a mechanic. 16 Assume that this individual also performed 17 clutch repairs during his career. 18 Finally, assume that some of the friction 19 products he used contained chrysotile asbestos. 20 Assuming these facts to be true, and that 21 this individual contracted mesothelioma, do you have