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- Bush Tells Choice for Science Foundation Post
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- Soviet Ethnic Unrest Flares in the South : Nationalism: Azerbaijanis call for a vote on secession, and Georgians talk of breaking with Moscow. Armenians are attacked in Baku.
- Pope Appears to Urge Withdrawal of American Troops in Panama
- Orange County Monorail Plan Is Talk of the Towns
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- 80 Protest Against Albanian Government
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- Savoring Safari
- Cities Crack Down on Scavengers: Steal a Can, Go to Jail : Waste: Some police departments are arresting people who steal recyclable items. To some, it seems too harsh on those trying to eke out a living.
- The Choice Approach to Education : Schools: Letting students and parents pick the proper campus improves both academic performance and attitudes.
- Aztecs Scale Up, Over at Air Force
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- Hit the Ball, Drag Louie : Sometimes a Hitch in Your Golf Swing and a Little Help From Your Friends Can Save Your Life
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- NEW YORK : Married Father of 4 Ordained as Priest
- Fire Fatal to Amputee Called Arson : Crime: Handicapped woman was trapped in her bedroom. Officers say the blaze may have been retaliation for drug deal gone bad.
- First Elected Black Governor Takes His Oath
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- BASEBALL : Dodgers Will Have to Wait for Davis-Strawberry Tandem
- PREP WRAPUP : Another Morningside Foe Falls Victim to 'Meltdown'
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- JOURNEY CONTINUED: An Autobiography <i> by Alan Paton (Collier: $12.95, illustrated)</i>
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- Computer Age <i> Glasnost</i> : Satellite Links Up Americans and Soviets Via Personal Computers
- Irish Islanders Resist Gold-Mine Glitter
- Perestroika Prospers at Pepperdine : Joint Soviet-U.S. Projects Bely Campus's Conservative Image
- Nation IN BRIEF : VERMONT : Fraternities Ordered to Admit Women
- AIDS Patients' Pets Given Helping Hand
- Dump Cleanup to Take Years but It's Already a Success
- Woman in Abortion Furor Improving
- When a Secretary of State Acts Like a Chief of Staff
- LOTTERY RESULTS: JAN. 13
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- GOLF ROUNDUP : Rookie Gets Some Respect While Taking Tucson Lead
- 49ers' Carter Just Wants a Chance to Play
- CS Fullerton Beats Buzzer to Beat Pacific
- Now They're Customizing NFL Highlights
- A Tough New Boss for a Troubled Company : Exit Baryshnikov, enter Jane Hermann as American Ballet Theatre celebrates its 50th year
- "THE UNKNOWN PUCCINI." Placido Domingo, tenor (with baritone Justino Diaz in "Vexilla"), Julius Rudel, piano/organ.
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- BEAUTY IN HISTORY <i> by Arthur Marwick (Thames & Hudson: $19.95; 480 pp.) </i>
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- Band Member Turned In Trombone for Pulpit
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- U.S. Officers Bring 'Frontier Justice' to Panama : Latin America: Invasion aftermath finds the military filling in for a depleted judiciary.
- High-Tech Fishing Perils Island Life Style
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- Event to Honor Martin Luther King
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- 200 Protest Outside Peru Envoy's House
- A Jump Off a Bridge Won't Kill This Monster : Racism: It is now so powerful in our domestic and foreign policy that it threatens the soul of our nation and our status as leader of the Free World.
- 'It seems like I was on the gallop all the time'
- Sweet Dreams of a Latino Dance Group : Francisco Martinez remains undaunted by lack of funding and performance visibility
- Australian actress Greta Scacchi will take on...
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- Makeup Man to the Stars Now Peddles His Potions Through the Mails : Cosmetics: Bob Sidell started with a skin cream for teen-age actors on a TV show. His business sold $7 million in skin-care products by mail last year.
- HI-TECH : Everything But the Kitchen Calculator
- MAASAI DAYS <i> by Cheryl Bentsen (Summit Books: $19.95; 286 pp.) </i>
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- Assembly Line Flexibility Sets Japanese Apart
- Some Golden Rules for Austrian Sweethearts
- Board Candidate List Kept Secret Until Meeting
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- Nation IN BRIEF : OHIO : Firm Plans Biggest Civilian Jet Engine
- Money Keeps Many Out of Suburbia
- World IN BRIEF : NORTHERN IRELAND : British Soldiers Kill 3 Masked Robbers
- Deukmejian Serves the Middle Class : California: The governor's annual messages have changed little over his term--once again, the poor and social services get short shrift.
- Drug Sting Nets 49 but Barely Dents Dealing
- Walker Places Third in Skating
- Coaches Nearly Come to Blows in LSU Victory Over Kentucky
- CLU Offered $183,000 to Buy Out Shoup, Regent Says
- Agoura, Moorpark Place in Top 4 in Alemany Wrestling Tournament
- A Decade Later, Super Team Again Stands in Rams' Way
- RESTAURANT REVIEW : Cafe Montana Embraces Most of the West Side, With Mixed Results
- Stylish Boutiques Make Local Heroes in Madrid
- All Together Now : A Unifying Love of the Past Is Closing All the Generation Gaps
- The Big Chill : Home Sales: The Southland's housing boom slows, forcing owners to slash prices to move properties as buyers bargain for better deals.
- World IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : Free Travel Proposal Rejected by Seoul
- Officials Release Man Arrested After $700,000 Fire at Los Feliz Condo Project
- California IN BRIEF : BERKELEY : Electricity Crisis Looms, Experts Say
- An Encounter With a Real '60s-Era Radical
- Rothenberg Nears Release, His Future Home a Secret
- One Man vs. Racial Injustice : U. S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall has spent a lifetime fighting the whiteEstablishment to secure equal rights for black people.
- Albanian Guard Reportedly Says One City Is in State of 'Revolution'
- Trouble Oozes in Thailand Paradise : Pollution: Pattaya, once internationally acclaimed as a resort, has become an ecological disaster area.
- On the Edge of Emancipation : Immigrants: Ceausescu's downfall has liberated Romanians in Southern California who had treated each other as if they were spies for the dictator.
- 4 Janitors Don't Clean Up at Bank, End Up in Jail
- Relatives of Dead Inmate Drop Lawsuit Against City
- Penn State's Move to Big Ten Could Trigger Big East Exodus
- Whalers Harpoon Kings, 6-3 : NHL: Hartford starts fast, extends Los Angeles' winless streak to six games.
- WEST COAST CONFERENCE : Portland Ends St. Mary's Streak
- Make Room for 'Newest Girl Most Likely' : Star tells it as only she can in one-woman show
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- Japanese, Pressured to Import U.S. Beef, Buy Big Montana Cattle Ranch
- California IN BRIEF : REDWOOD CITY : Mother of Jet Baby Begins Jail Term
- 12 Contract Lung Disease After Working With Beryllium
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- Coastal Board Deadlocks on New Chairman
- 'Oldest Man' a Teetotaler Who Loves His Pipe
- Women: All That They Can Be
- Fame Is a Low-Burning Flame for Michael on Fire
- World IN BRIEF : SPAIN : 43 Die in Disco Fire at Zaragoza Resort
- 'The Good Life' in Crisis : Suburbs Look More Like Cities as Growth and Sprawl Take Their Toll : Life style: Bedroom communities are evolving into metropolises themselves. But still people keep coming--and therein lies part of the problem.
- Modern Times (TNT Sunday at 10:30 p.m.):...
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- 'I Have Been Exchanged for the Abductors of My Children' : Argentina: In a charade of reconciliation, victims of the 'dirty war' are 'pardoned' along with their murderers.
- China's Pro-Democracy Leader Struggles in U.S.
- Conflict-of-Interest Charges Filed Against El Segundo Councilman
- City's Size, Its Problems Not Necessarily Linked : Growth: Population increases don't deserve all the blame for San Diego's ills. Acting as if they do will only make matters worse.
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- A Run in the Rain to Shelter the Homeless : Charity: More than 700 defied downpour for a day of benefit footraces in Irvine. Some noted that the homeless are always outside in nasty weather.
- Robert Johnson, district chairman of the El...
- UC Irvine Remains on Skid Row, Loses, 88-75
- Was Brock Right Man at Wrong Time? : Rams: Former quarterback says he shouldn't be judged on basis of failure in NFC title game at Chicago in 1986.
- PACIFIC 10 CONFERENCE ROUNDUP : Oregon State Struggles Past Oregon
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- John Van De Kamp Pleads His Own Case : The Attorney General Tries to Prove He's Neither Too Liberal Nor Too Dull to Run California
- Psychiatric Facility Due to Open Despite Fears of Some : Health care: Yorba Linda officials say there is little they can do to block the hospital, which held an open house Saturday in an effort to ease concerns.
- 'Barking' Man Arrested, Dies 3 Hours Later
- Free Speech, Anarchy at Issue in Gadfly War : Politics: Burbank officials believe a novel tactic will persuade critics to speak less at council meetings. The critics are unpersuaded.
- Romanian Stars No Longer On Run : Track and field: Athletes tell of their country's revolution as they prepare for meet at the Sports Arena.
- Bronco Fans Not Quite Mile High This Time Around : AFC: After two losses in three years, Browns would like a chance to lose in Super Bowl, too.
- The Chairman's Wife': Her Life Story
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- Howard Lyon's Coaching Legacy at Biola: 400-Plus Wins and a Big Heart : College Basketball: At 61, Howard Lyon is an interim coach now. This may be his last season. The Eagles are struggling. But the respect he has earned from his peers and given to his players will endure.
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- If the U.S. Fails to Invest in Eastern Europe, We Will Become Only a Spectator to History
- Emergency Care at King Hospital
- The Irvine Co.'s Plan for a Bigger East Orange
- Innocent Victims
- The Plight of SOS Center in Costa Mesa
- I am writing to express disgust at...
- Planners' Decision Stifles Creativity
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- Gun Control Legislation
- Lean's 'Perfection'
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- The Plight of SOS Center in Costa Mesa
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- When Video Cameras Are Used to Patrol County Car-Pool Lanes
- Fining Trash Scavengers
- Profits From Berlin Wall Should Help E. Germans
- The Irvine Co.'s Plan for a Bigger East Orange
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- Ford Aerospace Treated for Years Like a Stepchild : Defense: The auto maker has announced plans to sell its Newport Beach-based unit. But critics say the firm was abandoned long ago.
- How to Earn Your Stripes With a Paint Brush : Decorating: There are ways to help you make a straight line without having to do it freehand.
- Times' Annual Home Building Questionnaires Are in the Mail
- WHY TEACH?
- DOWN NORTH TO THE SEA: 2,000 Miles by Canoe to the Arctic Ocean <i> by Alden C. Hayes (Pruett Publishing: $12.95, illustrated) </i>
- Florida's Hostels Give Students a Spring Break
- A Few Bars of Mythic Resonance : WHAT DINAH THOUGHT: A Novel <i> by Deena Metzger (Viking: $19.95; 375 pp.; 0-670-82750-9) </i>
- Bodies of 2 FDA Officials Found
- Debating Wilderness on Earth: Do We Have to Have Empty Places?
- Driver Slain, Passenger Wounded in Van Nuys
- A look at upcoming events in LOS ANGELES COUNTY
- TENNIS ROUNDUP : Noah, Steeb Advance to New South Wales Final
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Antelope Valley Rallies to Win in Overtime
- This Cannot Be Other Than the Best of All Possible Columns
- NIELSEN: SYMPHONY NO. 2; "PAN AND SYRINX:" "ALADDIN" SUITE. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Swedish Radio Symphony. CBS Masterworks MK 44934 (compact disc).
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- New Czech Party Bars Communist Defectors : East Bloc: Steering a course between the old regime and its foes proves difficult as the Agricultural Party readies for the June vote.
- Sen. Levin Is Finding the 'Peace Dividend' to Be a Tough Act to Follow : Politics: Constituents demand to know how the money saved from defense cuts will be spent. The renewed attention to domestic issues is likely to influence Congress.
- On Monday, the nation will observe the...
- Looking at Violence: 2 Reactions
- County Helps Families Do Their Homework : Schools: Unusual program offers encouragement, advice and supplies to parents who teach their children at home.
- SDSU Beats Fullerton for Its Second Victory
- Ford Aerospace Treated for Years Like a Stepchild : Management: The auto maker has announced plans to sell its Newport Beach-based unit. But critics say the firm was abandoned long ago.
- It's Bare-Root Season, Prime Time for Roses
- Curmudgeon in a Corset : THE DIARY OF H. L. MENCKEN <i> edited by Charles A. Fecher (Alfred A. Knopf: $30; 476 pp.) </i>
- Dad Has Rediscovered the Incredible Lightness of Being Alone
- Suspect Seized in $20-Million Theft of Gems From Saudi Arabia Royal Palace
- Ex-Pastor Faces Retrial in Sex Case : Justice: A former youth minister maintains he is innocent of sexual involvement with a boy. Prosecutors say he abused a position of trust.
- Nothing Like Friends in the Right Places : Panama: The invasion was a success for several reasons, not the least being the presence of U.S. forces already in the country.
- Seeking to Understand George Foreman
- WOMEN'S BASKETBALL : Big Run Helps Long Beach Win
- COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Chapman Gets Hot Early, Holds Off Cal Poly Pomona
- After Further Review, Will the Replay Stand?
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- THE LONG WHITE <i> by Sharon Dilworth (W .W. Norton: $7.95) </i>
- Curtis Buys Home, Leaves 'Best Wife'
- Your Mortgage : FHA to Raise Ceiling on Loans to Home Buyers : Personal Finance: The increase in home loans is expected to remain in effect for at least one year and will help thousands of Californians quality for a mortgage.
- Coastal Panel Deadlocks Over Choosing Chief : Politics: The selection of a new chairman is seen as pivotal in controlling the commission. Members split 6-6 between environmentalist candidate and one called pro-development.
- Romanians Edge Toward Military Rule : East Bloc: Timisoara, cradle of the revolt, comes under army control amid rising dissatisfaction with the governing front.
- Chinese Find Gorbachev's 'New Thinking' Dismaying
- Unorganized Rebel Has a Timely Cause
- British Press OKs Code of Conduct in Attempt to Halt Official Curbs
- Cheech Marin's 1987 Born in East L.A....
- JOINING TWO GERMANYS : A Western Unification Policy Needed to Overcome Fear and Bureaucracy
- Bigotry Can't Be Tolerated
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- For Once, Gibson Is Holding Back : Dodgers: 1988 MVP recovering from unusual surgery by working hard in Michigan, but he isn't testing his leg completely yet. Life without baseball doesn't scare him.
- Miner Outboxes Arizona State, 69-59 : Trojans: Freshman continues impressive play in USC's first Pac-10 victory of the season.
- Sockers' Momentum Halted by St. Louis
- Indian Restaurants: Some Openings and Closings
- ADAMS: "FEARFUL SYMMETRIES," "THE WOUND DRESSER." Sanford Sylvan, baritone; John Adams conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's. Elektra Nonesuch 9 79218-2 (compact disc).
- Fired Officer Settles His Suit Against City : Police: The officer said his rights were violated when he was discharged after reporting a city councilman was seen with a prostitute.
- California IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Insurance Initiative Can Get Under Way
- 23 Killed as Soviet Airliner Crash-Lands
- Statistics Are His Ammunition in the Battle Against Cigarettes
- If It Rains, Ram and 49er Passing Attacks Should Not Be Affected
- Busy Andie
- The Revenge of Successful Sitcoms : The TV shows of Tom Miller and Bob Boyett are often maligned by critics, but their rewards are in the ratings
- Big Move
- Kenneth Branagh's 'Gift of Certainty' : 'Henry V' actor/director brings his singular vision to Mark Taper with 'Lear,' 'Midsummer Night'
- EurailDrive Pass Offers Rail, Rental-Car Travel
- Wanderings in Kenya With an Old Africa Hand
- Navy Officer Acts as Panama's 'Judge Roy Bean'
- A High School Gunman's Days of Rage
- GROSSMONT 3-A BASKETBALL PREVIEW : Can Mt. Miguel Go From Worst to First?
- FOR KIDS : From Dinosaurs to Stereo Sound
- A Landmark Chapter for Bookstore : Preservation: Acres of Books has been nominated for landmark status for an unusual reason--its contents.
- 17 Murdered in New Colombia Violence Spree
- California IN BRIEF : MAMMOTH LAKES : Small Plane Hits Mountain, 3 Die
- Sacramento: The City of Sports in 21st Century
- Clippers Find Bench in Loss at End of Road
- $700,000 in Job-Training Funds Imperiled : Employment: County may lose federal funds because agency that trains and finds jobs for unskilled workers is more than three months late in providing documentation for about 35 cases.
- 'City Person' Is Both Attracted, Repelled by Moving Out
- Willing to Allow Rival Parties--Gorbachev : Soviet Union: His surprise reversal could decisively change Soviet politics. He ends Lithuania visit with acceptance of a multi-party system.
- Pilot Sentenced to Life for Drug Smuggling Role
- Stopping Jerry Rice an Impossible Task : 49ers: Wide receiver doesn't care what the Rams try to do against him. He is expecting to make big plays today.
- GOLF : Dinah Survives as the Cookie Crumbles
- The Pines: A Dream of a Diner : Mammoth burgers and biscuits in 30-weight gravy, everything a cowpoke could want
- Broker Says He's a Victim in Slumlord Conviction : Tenement: Stephen Regen says he is a compassionate guy who cared for his tenants. But he was ordered to perform community service for failing to repair his downtown apartment building.
- Israel Dream
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- PACIFIC 10 CONFERENCE : Fisher in Control as Cal Wins, 63-58
- Eclipse Results Spur Bicoastal Critics
- Inductions Becoming a Tourist Attraction
- Connelly's Free Throws Sink Waves
- Lucky, Alpha Beta Deal Going Before Supreme Court
- HANDMADE : Garden Variety
- Natan the Fixer?
- Hints to Help Sell Your Home in a Buyers' Market
- Rio Hondo Hires Detective to Find 'Hit' Letter Writer
- California IN BRIEF : PALM SPRINGS : Liberace's Estate Offered for Sale
- Anatomy of a Bullet Wound : People are shot in Southern California every day. But, experts say, few of us comprehend a bullet's impact. Here, the last 58 seconds in the life of a gunshot victim.
- Paul Amadeus Pisk; 'Man of Music,' Schoenberg Protege
- Nation IN BRIEF : UTAH : Quayle Does Not See Drastic Defense Cuts
- Pomona School Is Finalist for U.S. Honor
- Seeing Red on Green Cop : Politics: Van de Kamp's call for an environmental advocate riles local prosecutors.
- Officers Study Rash of Police Shootings : Law enforcement: The top-ranking peace officers' first effort is a countywide protocol for investigating the often controversial incidents. They say the shootings take a toll on both sides.
- Textbooks and Fairy Tales: The Value of Classic Myths
- Chapman Women Lose to Cal Poly Pomona
- BIG WEST CONFERENCE ROUNDUP : UNLV Repels Temple's Late Charge
- BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Mater Dei's Bench Proves Too Deep, Ocean View Beaten
- Japan's Edge in Auto Quality : Competitiveness: Japanese car makers can design and produce a new model in just 30 months. Their Detroit counterparts spend five years.
- Taming Wild Mushrooms Western Suppliers Are Domesticating Exotic Varieties for a Growing Market
- CRYING FOR A DREAM <i> by Richard Erdoes (Bear & Co.: $24.95, illustrated) </i>
- Sun Will Break Through But Wet Is the Watchword
- CIF Southern Section OKs Power Ratings for Playoffs
- Second-Half Slump Beats Dominguez Hills Twice
- An Enthusiasm for Italian Baroque Returns
- A Theatrical Juggernaut Is Running Full Steam at 59 : For workaholic Peter Hall, crossing a sea to check a 'Figaro' is business as usual
- How You Can Use a House as Both Residence and Handy Tax Shelter
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- Nation IN BRIEF : TENNESSEE : Parade Law Fails to Halt Klan Rally
- Ex-Revolutionary Takes Frankfurt Post
- Not the Time to Bug Out of Medfly War
- Palm Springs Boasts Social Scene
- Communist Party Out in Romania : East Bloc: The interim president announced that the party has been outlawed. Demonstrators shouted, 'Victory! Victory!'
- Young Playwright's 'Descent' Puts His Career on the Ascent
- Residents of Golfview, Fla., Put Their Town Up for Sale to Escape Noise and Congestion
- Cities Struggle to Fund Repairs in a Street Fight of Another Kind : Infrastructure: Cracking asphalt. Gaping potholes. The only aspect of street repairs that doesn't seem to be growing is the budget to pay for them.
- Racial Balance Proves to Be an Elusive Goal for Suburban Communities
- Parched Iraq, Syria Jittery as Turks Divert Euphrates to Power Project : Middle East: The river will flow for at least one month into a giant reservoir, linchpin in network of hydroelectric and irrigation facilities.
- Romania Enters the Outside World : Bucharest: Old nationalism and old religion help shape a new society. Romanians blend conscience and consumerism for global kinship.
- Navy Works to Take Lethal Prefix Out of 'Murdercycles'
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP : Conklin Passes West to Hula Bowl Win
- HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Palmisano Scores 36 in Thousand Oaks Loss
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : For Wolverines, Staying Alive in Big Ten Is Hard Enough
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