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They started a <a href=\"http:\/\/catless.ncl.ac.uk\/Risks\/22.83.html#subj12.2\">new division in Italy<\/a>, and <a title=\"Sekimori Design [Archives]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sekimori.com\/archives\/2003_08.htm#002778\">came up with<\/a> the exciting domain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powergenitalia.com\">powergenitalia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Um &#8230; yeah &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"http:\/\/catless.ncl.ac.uk\/Risks\/22.83.html#subj12.1\">also <\/a>the folks who wanted to come up with a convenient cross-reference of Hollywood agents and actors.  Who Represents whom, in other words.  Hence the gift of <a href=\"http:\/\/whorepresents.com\">whorepresents.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There was also supposedly a dot-com named Experts Exchange which had the transitional domain <b>expertsexchange.com<\/b>.  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