Our standards of accuracy are so low that often erroneous forecasts are applauded as if they were precise. |
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Insofar as the system of managed care encourages that kind of medical practice, it is to be applauded. |
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He should also be applauded for having the guts to admit he might have boobed and wrongly made one of the most crucial decisions in the match. |
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A real screamer, so long as it is a safe distance from goal, will be ungrudgingly applauded by opposition fans. |
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People applauded, held their prizes proudly to their chests and began to drift off home. |
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The matron and staff and all who took part in the Christmas festivities are to be applauded for their concern for the sick. |
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When he clowned people laughed dutifully, when he cut a caper they applauded reverentially. |
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The stage management team must be applauded for their efficient setting up of different sets after every scene. |
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Consequently, any boss who puts his shareholders above his own ego should be applauded. |
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It is the duty of the media to reveal misconduct and this attempt at doing so should be applauded. |
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After a few verses a near-by shop owner came out and applauded the street performer and asked for an encore. |
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On the Twittersphere, Google was widely applauded, though there was some cynicism about its business motives. |
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The audience stood up and applauded him as, in his usual style, he made the point bluntly and undiplomatically. |
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Although the promotion of multilingualism to foster cross-cultural understanding is to be applauded, there are also paradoxes in this. |
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She was much applauded for her boldness in tackling the unfamiliar Balanchine style. |
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Federal prosecutors, at least in those cities, should be applauded for doing their best to nail cops suspected of abuse. |
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Economists and policymakers have generally applauded the growth of borrowing as a boon to the economy and a blessing for average Americans. |
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The disappointed visitors were applauded off by relieved Everton fans who must surely now feel that the cup has their name on it. |
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A postal worker was cheered and applauded when he told the meeting how the unofficial strike in the post had driven bosses back. |
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For fear of being thought unpardonably stupid, the multitudes enthusiastically applauded his public modelling of his invisible clothes. |
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On other occasions, the Commons will be applauded for its occasional demonstration of unwhipped independence. |
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That contrasted with uproarious cheers at the Gibraltar pub in Buenos Aires, where a crowd of about 50 British expatriates applauded wildly. |
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When Svetlana performed her variation at the dress rehearsal, the whole troupe applauded. |
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He's a writer applauded by critics worldwide and the film version of his novel The Assault won an Oscar for best foreign film. |
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Everywhere amazing spectacles were being performed, as crowds gathered and applauded the snake charmers, coal-walkers, and fire-eaters. |
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Delegates then applauded his work and the help he gave our region after his speech. |
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In any event, Malley began playing open stages, where crowds enthusiastically applauded her take on the vicissitudes of love. |
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Their spirited determination to proceed as normal was universally applauded. |
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Faced with the famous red hackles of the the organization, they dropped their bags and applauded. |
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Instead, their outlandish ideas were applauded, so they hit upon the notion of recording their next stunt on video. |
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And all associated with the liturgy and celebration were warmly applauded and accorded an ovation at the end of the Mass. |
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Instead of threatening to fine Peyton Manning for wanting to wear black high-tops to honor Johnny Unitas, the NFL should have applauded him. |
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The audience applauded hilariously, thinking the policeman's appearance to be the crowning touch of a remarkable performance. |
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Several leading figures have applauded her publicising of an important issue but warned against hysterical overreaction. |
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A small crowd had gathered and applauded as each contestant arrived for the beginning of the week-long beauty pageant. |
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Such ingenuity and self-confidence should be applauded at a time when Hollywood churns out bland twentysomething pap at vast cost. |
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The citizen sits in that studio, gets to express herself, gets applauded, and goes home feeling chuffed. |
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The audience cried, cheered, applauded, and streamers, bunting and party poppers filled the air. |
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Any initiative designed to reduce the dependency on toxic chemicals, antibiotics and artificial colourings is to be applauded. |
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King's indefatigable efforts in the pursuit of a better world for future generations are to be applauded. |
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If that's not your thing, that's cool by me, but know that it's encouraged and applauded in this community. |
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Surely the point is that rules and guidelines like this are to be applauded whatever the source. |
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Is the same quality not to be applauded when it manifests itself in isolation? |
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With an oversized sweater hanging from his portly frame, Peterson waved and flashed a forced grin as the crowd applauded politely. |
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The curators can be applauded in their attempt to give structure to the traditional free-for-all. |
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The level of skill and commitment by both sides was warmly applauded by the large crowd of parents and spectators that showed up for the game. |
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Delawarean officials from both parties applauded the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality. |
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That kind of talk drew barbs and denunciations from media quarters that had applauded his efforts to end racial segregation. |
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In some ways, this biography should be applauded for its total absence of the prurient interest so common to most of its peers. |
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During a graveside service, a widow and her son stood near the casket as the minister applauded the life of their husband and father. |
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The politicians of the Walloon region should be applauded for using their authority for the public good. |
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America's warlike policies, applauded in the Reichstag, are not only directed against foes abroad but also at home. |
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Should excellence in the high arts be acclaimed, in the same way as achievements in sport are ritually applauded? |
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However, the greatest acclamation was reserved for the audience who to a person applauded and cheered at the conclusion of the play. |
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But instead of being applauded for a job well done, the agents are being accused of racial profiling. |
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And they have applauded the role of the local community in helping the police to weed out the troublemakers. |
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Just over a year ago, I applauded a group of Star Wars fans who'd built the Millennium Falcon in their backyard. |
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Finally his words were drowned out by the crowd, and they whistled, yelled, whooped, hollered and applauded in a frenzy. |
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The staff should be applauded for keeping it running under such circumstances. |
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This year, Libran procrastination is gone with the wind, and your elegant originality will be widely applauded. |
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In the wings of the conference floors one delegate applauded so loudly that his hands must have bled. |
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The crowd applauded at the speech as the Mayor turned to reveal the sign for the new wing of the museum. |
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Sporting a tartan dinner suit, he was cheered and applauded as he accepted the silver statue. |
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The entire crowd of guests cheered and applauded as the two walked towards the dance floor. |
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The crowd applauded when he said this was a perfect opportunity for the university to ask for more funding. |
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This is the only film I have ever seen in the cinema where the audience stood up at the end and cheered and applauded. |
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The crowd cheered and applauded, their downtrodden spirits uplifted once more at their chosen king's words. |
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At the end of the number we more or less collapsed into a hug as the crowd applauded. |
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The crowd applauded warmly, before launching into traditional hymns that filled the vast church. |
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We got stiffly to our feet and clapped the encores, applauded and cheered the memory of what we once believed and wanted to be. |
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Every man in maroon leaving the pitch had a hand shaken by their manager as the Hearts supporters cheered and applauded. |
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It was a display of pointless truculence and ignorance and he was applauded for it. |
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And he applauded staff who have been made redundant and those lucky enough to still be employed. |
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My son and I rented a boat and when we removed litter floating on the water, people on the shore applauded us. |
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After a while people would have forgiven him and even applauded him for taking responsibility. |
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It's the one job in the world that you can roll up to stoned out of your mind and you're actually applauded for it. |
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You are applauded for your professional prowess and dexterity in a business venture. |
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He applauded the boys and girls who had shown leadership by becoming Hosts and Hostesses in the club. |
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This is a romcom in which, for once, people actually act and it's to be applauded for that. |
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The result is a unique perspective applauded by armchair naturalists in which the stars of the film are also the videographers. |
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The show is to be roundly applauded for re-creating Sam Mendes's 1993 London production, even if with some diminishment. |
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This is the sort of humanitarianism that should be applauded, not punished. |
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The crowd at the port city turned out to be the most sporting, with players of both teams applauded for good cricket. |
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The waves applauded as the two scummers left on the Pearl leaked the remainder of their lives onto the deck. |
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Minutes later he was back to hand the baton to the next runner who set off towards Smithy Bridge as smiling onlookers applauded and yelled their support. |
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I was booed, hissed, and heckled while Ashcroft and Gonzales were regularly applauded. |
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Mekayla Diehl was rightly applauded for showing a healthier body during the swimsuit competition. |
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Meanwhile, Benjamin says, the Board watched, applauded the parents, and barred the headmaster from responding. |
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On stage, employees were singing and performing comedy sketches while their colleagues in the audience wolfed down dim sum and applauded uproariously. |
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This last point went well with the listeners who applauded energetically. |
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Anyone who has ever witnessed one of those homecomings at an airport and watched as strangers applauded this person in uniform knows how very deeply those feelings run. |
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Area commissioner Solly Moloi applauded the community for their efforts. |
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Both organisations applauded changes to the position for tips and troncs. |
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Every crunching tackle was cheered, every spinning pass applauded. |
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When the song was over, everyone applauded and Hailey took a bow. |
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The theatergoers applauded her as vigorously as Mary and I had at home. |
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He is from an era when blunt and plain speaking was applauded. |
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The NHL should be applauded for yet another crackdown on obstruction and interference, which have damaged the entertainment value of the game severely. |
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The audience applauded the lead singers with full volume and heartiness. |
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Mary applauded the people of Genoa, who rescued a boatful of children. |
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In recent days, Shuler has been commiserating with defeated moderates who have applauded his race. |
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Well-meaning outsiders applauded but few understood the reverse multiplier effect of a soldier getting pregnant in a combat zone. |
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The red and black were deserving winners, outplaying their opponents with a brand of quick passing football which was loudly applauded by all who attended the final. |
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The crowd that accumulated to watch the squabble reportedly applauded and cheered as Bieber fled the scene. |
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He applauded their sense of humour, their sagacity, their enjoyment of beautiful things, and their immensely civilized love of culture and learning. |
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As they had all night, women responded by loudly ululating, and the men, even if they weren't quite sure where or what Lake Wobegon is, politely applauded. |
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They applauded as the judge passed a mandatory life sentence. |
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One critic applauded this famous man for revealing his ugliness. |
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About 100 members of the public gathered outside the church and applauded as the bride emerged from her car wearing the sleeveless, round-necked dress with matching veil. |
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No doubt, some of these Californians applauded the fact that a woman who is skirting that mythic age of fourscore still has the wherewithal to perform, and to do it so well. |
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However, Fallon steered The Bogberry to a narrow success yesterday after being applauded into the parade ring. |
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A young Rose reunites with Jack at the Titanic's Grand Staircase, applauded by those who died. |
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The audience applauded her anyway and she later performed an unaired version of the song which was uploaded to The View's YouTube account. |
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And the women, as they listened to his tale, applauded the departure with undissimulated pleasure. |
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Melanie stood and applauded when the slideshow finally came to an end. |
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Joy in the boom in homegrown peppily painted pictures is not, however, universally applauded, especially in retrospect. |
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The mayor was now spontaneously applauded when he walked down the street. |
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And companies like sas, REI, and Costco should be applauded. |
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When the concert ended, the East Berliners rose as one and applauded for what seemed like an eternity. |
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He might be happy being applauded off after a European humbling by a no-mark team but standards are a bit higher when you're the champions. |
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A MAN who should be applauded for his wisdom and open-mindedness this week is the gentle Ashfad Patel, imam of Blackpool's Central Mosque. |
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The audience applauded after variations and the company gave two or three curtain calls after each performance. |
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Everyone applauded the graduates as they entered the auditorium. |
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He applauded the efforts by the teachers and parents to make children equally good in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. |
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Others, including antiabortion advocates, applauded Komen's decision to cut ties with Planned Parenthood, which provides services that include abortions. |
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Set both in Wales and the United States, Miracle Day fared less well with critics than the previous series, though was applauded by some for its ambition. |
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However, the Nato attack on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999 was roundly applauded for forcing Slobodan Milosevic to accept terms which ended the conflict in Kosovo. |
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Presenters George Lucas, Sarah Silverman, Adriana Barraza, Eric Braeden, Masi Oka and Julia Louis-Dreyfus were also appreciatively applauded for their potshots. |
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Over the next few years, Mickeymania swept the country. Fans across the globe from Franklin Roosevelt to Mussolini applauded his antics in the films that followed. |
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In fact, most of the mob did not know there was such a thing as a director, and it was the actors and the student orchestra whom the groundlings applauded. |
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Stellar cast aside, critics have applauded Ashford for preserving Tennessee's vision, and keeping intact all the melodramatics originally intended by its writer. |
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Customers have applauded the software, customization and technical support provided by 21st Century Programming because of its scrap industry-based frame of reference. |
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Barres applauded the philosophy underlying the Pioneer process. |
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