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What do the two men finally decide to do?

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The two men finally decided to tone down the news of the collision by adding lots of ifs and buts in the paper, so that the conclusion would not seem very certain. Also, they decided to arrange an urgent meeting of experts from all over the world to think of a counter-measure.

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