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          petitioner’s credit card statements show only the date and the              
          amount of each expense listed in those statements and the name of           
          the company or establishment at which each such expense was                 
          incurred.  Neither petitioner’s credit card statements nor any              
          other evidence in the record establishes the reason why peti-               
          tioner paid any of the expenses listed in those statements.  We             
          shall not rely on petitioner’s credit card statements to estab-             
          lish petitioner’s position with respect to any of the expenses              
          that he is claiming in this case.                                           
               The two theater ticket stubs (petitioner’s ticket stubs) on            
          which petitioner relies show that the price of admission of each            
          ticket was $18.  Petitioner did not testify about those ticket              
          stubs.  Petitioner does not indicate on brief, and we have no way           
          of knowing, the issue presented to which they pertain.  In                  
          addition, neither petitioner’s ticket stubs nor any other evi-              
          dence in the record establishes that it was petitioner who paid             
          for the theater tickets to which those ticket stubs relate.  Nor            
          do petitioner’s ticket stubs or any other evidence in the record            
          establish the reason why the theater tickets to which those stubs           
          relate were purchased.  We shall not rely on petitioner’s ticket            
          stubs to establish petitioner’s position with respect to any of             
          the expenses that he is claiming in this case.                              
               Petitioner’s testimony on which he relies was vague, gen-              
          eral, and/or conclusory in certain material respects.  We shall             






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