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home furnishes (down 1 ,r>%).
Among the counties in planning district nine, Madison showed the largest increase in retail sales from 1981 to 1982, growing 4.7%. Culpeper County increased by only 0.6%, Fauquier County 1.1% and Orange County up 1.4% .
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