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into a quote  format, indicated by a  change in the size of  type to 10pt, 6
points of spacing before and  after the quote, and margin indentations of 24
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Salt (1958) names the process:
\blockquotebegin
This loss of fluids and cooling is known as aging.
Most metamorphosis occurs in ocean trenches, but it
 
can also occur in forms in trenchcoats.
\paragraph
The lithosphere---dermosphere in humans---wrinkles
over time.
The process is one-way, as rehydration will not
unwrinkle the surface.
\blockquoteend
As far as general surface alteration, only the
time scale differs between the human . . .
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| Salt (1958) names the process:                                              |
|                                                                             |
|          This loss  of fluids and  cooling is known  as aging.   Most       |
|      metamorphosis occurs in ocean trenches, but it can also occur in       |
|      forms in trenchcoats.                                                  |
|          The  lithosphere---dermosphere   in  humans---wrinkles  over       |
|      time.  The process is one-way, as rehydration will not unwrinkle       |
|      the surface.                                                           |
|                                                                             |
|     As far  as general  surface  alteration, only  the time  scale differs  |
| between the human . . .                                                     |
|                                                                             |
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