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+describe("TwitterAPI", function(){
+  beforeEach(function(){
+    twitterApi = new TwitterAPI();
+  });
+
+  it("should have a base url", function(){
+    expect(twitterApi.BASE_URL).toEqual("http://search.twitter.com/search.json");
+  })
+});
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