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James Richardson Corporation

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “corporation”. Today it says “australian furniture”.
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The opening as it read in 2005

James Richardson Corporation is a corporation , based in Abbotsford , Australia , and primarily involved with furniture , hospitality , real estate , and the duty free retail businesses. The company is owned by David Mandie .1

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “corporation”. Today it says “australian furniture”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2005, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.

Then

corporation

Now

australian furniture

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