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          capacity.  She remained in this position for the remainder of               
          1998 and was still working there at the time of trial.                      
               Petitioners testified that in January they decided that                
          petitioner would look for a new job2 with United Airlines or                
          another company in a different city where petitioner wife might             
          also find administrative work.  However, petitioners never set up           
          any appointments or arranged any interviews in these destination            
          cities.  Petitioners also were unclear about what job positions             
          or vocations they were seeking.                                             
               From January 4 to 8, 1998, petitioners traveled from San               
          Francisco, California, to Miami, Florida, in search of employment           
          for both of them.  Petitioner was seeking employment with his               
          current employer or another airline company in Miami, while                 
          petitioner wife conducted a “cold canvas search” with various               
          employers in Miami, Palm Springs, Plantation, Port Everglades,              
          Fort Lauderdale, Davie, Dania, Hollywood, and Hallandale,                   
          Florida.  The total expense of this employment search was                   
          allegedly $2,937.  Of this amount petitioners calculated $509 for           
          hotel expenses; $356 for meal expenses; $210 for car rental                 
          expenses; $70 for gas expenses; $1,772 for air fare expenses; and           
          $20 for parking expenses.                                                   




          2Petitioner’s testimony is unclear as to what type of job                   
          position he was seeking.                                                    




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