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THE DA
ILY ASTOR
IAN • FR
IDAY
, JULY 24
, 2015
Th
e B
ib
l
e a
s an e
c
o
s
y
s
t
em
, n
o
t r
e
f
e
r
en
c
e b
o
ok
B
e
l
i
e
f
s
By NELS FLESHER
Sp
e
c
ia
l to Th
e Da
i
l
y
A
s
to
r
ian
T
h
e
r
e
’
s no fo
r
e
s
t in th
e
B
ib
l
e
.
G
a
rd
en
s
w
i
th
t
r
e
e
s a
r
e th
e
r
e
, bu
t no l
and
-
s
c
ap
e
-
sp
ann
ing c
i
ty o
f t
r
e
e
,
sh
rub
, and g
round mo
r
e o
r
-
g
an
i
c th
an m
in
e
r
a
l
. A
l
l th
i
s
m
ak
e
s on
e o
f my f
avo
r
i
t
e
quo
t
e
s abou
t th
e B
ib
l
e a
l
l
th
e mo
r
e nov
e
l
. R
eg
a
rd
ing
h
i
s own t
r
an
s
l
a
t
ion o
f th
e B
i
-
bl
e
, M
a
r
t
in Lu
th
e
r s
a
id th
a
t
i
f S
c
r
ip
tu
r
e w
e
r
e a v
a
s
t and
m
igh
ty fo
r
e
s
t th
e
r
e wou
ld no
t
be a s
ing
l
e t
r
e
e in i
t th
a
t h
e
h
ad no
t sh
ak
en w
i
th h
i
s own
h
and
.
In o
th
e
r wo
rd
s
, th
e B
ib
l
e
i
s no
t a r
e
f
e
r
en
c
e book
; i
t
’
s
mo
r
e o
f an e
co
sy
s
t
em — an
in
t
e
r
a
c
t
iv
e sp
a
c
e — and on
e
-
INSP
IRAT
IONAL MESSAGES FROM LOCAL CLERGY
to
r
s adm
i
t
t
ed in th
i
s ph
r
a
s
e to
en
t
e
r
ing i
t l
ik
e a bu
l
l en
t
e
r
s a
ch
in
a c
ab
in
e
t
!
O
f
t
en tho
s
e o
f u
s who
c
l
a
im to lov
e th
e wo
rd
s o
f th
e
B
ib
l
e t
end to pu
t th
e g
r
e
a
t
e
s
t
l
im
i
t
s on wh
a
t th
ey c
an do
. W
e
fo
rg
e
t ou
r s
en
s
e o
f wond
e
r
ing
hum
i
l
i
ty wh
en app
ro
a
ch
ing a
book w
e c
a
l
l ho
ly
. W
e fo
rg
e
t
th
a
t op
en
ing i
t
s p
ag
e
s i
s l
ik
e
en
t
e
r
ing a g
rov
e o
f t
r
e
e
s so
o
ld th
ey r
em
emb
e
r th
e tu
rn o
f
th
e p
r
ev
iou
s m
i
l
l
enn
ium
. W
e
fo
rg
e
t th
a
t th
e ho
ly c
anno
t b
e
own
ed o
r m
an
ipu
l
a
t
ed
.
No fo
r
e
s
t
, bu
t t
r
e
e
s o
f l
i
f
e
Th
ey s
t
and
, in G
en
e
s
i
s
, P
rov
-
e
rb
s
, E
z
ek
i
e
l
, and ev
en R
ev
e
-
l
a
t
ion to sh
e
l
t
e
r th
e d
iv
e
r
s
i
ty
in c
r
e
a
t
ion
.
I
’m a
f
r
a
id th
a
t wh
en mod
-
in
to a m
an
i
f
e
s
to w
e tu
rn com
-
mun
i
t
i
e
s in
to mono
cu
l
tu
r
e
s
.
So l
e
t
’
s r
em
emb
e
r how to
w
and
e
r in
to fo
r
e
s
t
s o
f t
r
e
e
s
and fo
r
e
s
t
s o
f p
ag
e
s
. L
e
t
’
s
look fo
r su
rp
r
i
s
e
s
, fo
r con
t
r
a
-
d
i
c
t
ion
s
, and fo
r sh
e
l
t
e
r
.
N
e
l
s F
l
e
sh
e
r i
s th
e pa
s
to
r
Joshua Bessex
/The Da
i
ly As
to
r
ian
a
t Na
s
e
l
l
e
, W
a
sh
.
, E
vang
e
l
i
-
Ne
ls F
leshe
r a
t Nase
l
le
, Wash
.
, Evange
l
ica
l Lu
the
ran Chu
rch
.
ca
l Lu
th
e
ran Chu
r
ch
.
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rov
a
l
r
a
t
ing h
a
s
f
a
l
l
en in US
mou
s
ly u
t
t
e
r
ed
, “Who am I to
s
a
id “w
e shou
ldn
’
t m
a
rg
in
-
a
l
i
z
e th
e
s
e p
eop
l
e
.
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r
an
c
i
s
h
a
s r
ep
e
a
t
ed h
i
s emph
a
s
i
s on
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ing mo
r
e op
en to g
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s and
By RACHEL ZOLL
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e A
s
so
c
ia
t
ed P
r
e
s
s
chu
r
ch t
e
a
ch
ing on m
a
r
r
i
ag
e
and abo
r
t
ion
, mo
s
t r
e
c
en
t
ly in
h
i
s e
co
logy do
cum
en
t
, o
r en
-
cy
c
l
i
c
a
l
, l
a
s
t mon
th
.
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a
l
lup a
l
so found an in
-
c
r
e
a
s
e in p
eop
l
e who s
a
id th
ey
h
ad no op
in
ion abou
t th
e pop
e
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r h
adn
’
t h
e
a
rd o
f h
im
, r
i
s
ing
NEW YORK — Two
to th
e U
.S
.
, Pop
e F
r
an
c
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s
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-
prov
a
l r
a
t
ing among Am
e
r
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c
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s h
a
s p
lumm
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t
ed
, d
r
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en
mo
s
t
ly by a d
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l
in
e among
po
l
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t
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c
a
l con
s
e
rv
a
t
iv
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s and
p
e
r
c
en
t th
i
s mon
th
.
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f
t
e
r h
i
s su
rg
e in ov
e
r
a
l
l
popu
l
a
r
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ty l
a
s
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e
a
r
, th
e pop
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k
app
rov
a
l r
a
t
ing
s a
r
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a
c
to th
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ev
e
l th
ey w
e
r
e soon
to a n
ew G
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l
lup po
l
l
.
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i
f
ty
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in
e p
e
r
c
en
t o
f
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c
an
s s
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id th
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s mon
th
th
ey h
ad a f
avo
r
ab
l
e v
i
ew o
f
th
e pop
e
, comp
a
r
ed to 76 p
e
r
-
a
c
co
rd
ing to G
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l
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l
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r i
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r
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t
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rn
,
w
i
th a p
e
ak in F
r
an
c
i
s
’ f
avo
r
-
t
ab
i
l
i
ty a
t 70 p
e
r
c
en
t th
i
s p
a
s
-
c
en
t l
a
s
t mon
th
.
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r
an
c
i
s i
s du
e to a
r
r
iv
e in
r
epo
r
t
ed
. Th
e sh
a
r
e o
f Am
e
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i
-
c
an
s who d
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s
app
rov
ed o
f th
e
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r
iod
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e ch
ang
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s w
e
r
e mo
s
t
d
r
am
a
t
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c among po
l
i
t
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c
a
l con
-
s
e
rv
a
t
iv
e
s
, who
s
e op
in
ion o
f
F
r
an
c
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s no
s
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ed by 27 p
e
r
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22
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i
l
l a
l
so t
r
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rk and Ph
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lph
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a
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e
o
f th
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s
t
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a
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ed ev
en
t
s
-
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rv
ey w
a
s condu
c
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ed
a
f
t
e
r th
e pop
e r
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s
bomb
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e
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id d
r
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s g
lob
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l w
a
rm
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and exp
lo
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s th
e poo
r
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r
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rego
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rg
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to
wh
e
r
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l
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c
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s h
av
e l
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rg
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ranc
is
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re wa
lk
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th Bo
l
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ra
les in Ju
ly
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t suppo
r
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l
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r
ed h
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s c
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t
e ch
ang
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se
rva
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ives and Roman Ca
tho
l
ics in the U
.S
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cy
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l
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c
a
l
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c
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s add
ed a
J
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r
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in
, ed
i
to
r a
t l
a
rg
e o
f
th
e J
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su
i
t m
ag
a
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in
e Am
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a
,
c
a
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an
c
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s
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s
t r
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a
ry so f
a
r th
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a
l
l
ed
fo
r r
ad
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c
a
l r
e
fo
rm o
f th
e g
lob
-
h
ad a m
a
rg
in o
f e
r
ro
r o
f p
lu
s a
l e
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l
id
a
r
i
ty
w
i
th th
e poo
r
, wh
i
l
e n
am
ing
Wh
en th
e po
l
l w
a
s und
e
r l
abo
r
, lodg
ing and l
and a
s “
s
a
-
- c
r
ed r
igh
t
s
.
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in Am
e
r
i
c
an pop
e
, w
a
s on a
M
a
rk G
r
ay
, po
l
l
ing d
i
r
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c
-
hom
e
com
ing tou
r th
rough
Sou
th Am
e
r
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c
a th
a
t e
sp
e
c
i
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l
ly R
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s
e
a
r
ch in th
e Apo
s
to
l
a
t
e a
t
un
s
e
t
t
l
ed con
s
e
rv
a
t
iv
e
s
.
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rg
e
town Un
iv
e
r
s
i
ty
, s
a
id
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l
iv
i
a an add
r
e
s
s th
a
t th
e R
ev
.
po
l
i
t
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c
a
l p
a
r
ty th
an th
e
i
r
-
p
e
t
ing fo
r th
e R
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l
i
c
an
p
r
e
s
id
en
t
i
a
l nom
in
a
t
ion h
av
e
c
r
i
t
i
c
i
z
ed o
r d
i
s
t
an
c
ed th
em
-
s
e
lv
e
s f
rom th
e pop
e ov
e
r h
i
s
ro
l
e in th
e h
i
s
to
r
i
c th
aw in
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l
i
c W
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r
ld R
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r
t
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a
s
t w
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ek
w
ro
t
e th
a
t wh
i
l
e h
e ag
r
e
ed
w
i
th th
e pop
e
’
s c
r
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t
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c
i
sm
s o
f
con
sum
e
r
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sm and ov
e
r
r
e
l
i
-
an
c
e on t
e
chno
logy a
s a cu
r
e
fo
r so
c
i
e
ty
’
s i
l
l
s
, O
l
son a
l
so
found a “w
e
a
r
in
e
s
s
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in
s
i
s
t
en
c
e th
a
t un
f
e
t
t
e
r
ed c
ap
-
i
t
a
l
i
sm h
a
s hu
r
t th
e poo
r
e
s
t o
f m
any o
f F
r
an
c
i
s
’ s
e
rmon
s
and mo
s
t vu
ln
e
r
ab
l
e
.
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t
a
t
em
en
t
s
, wh
i
ch O
l
son
d
e
s
c
r
ib
ed a
s o
f
t
en “h
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r
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-
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av
e a
l
so exp
r
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s
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i
s
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rp
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, exho
r
t
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, l
e
c
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fo
r
t w
i
th F
r
an
c
i
s
’ s
ty
l
e and tu
r
ing
” and “g
r
a
t
ing
.
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ev
e
r
, po
l
i
t
i
c
a
l l
ib
e
r
a
l
s
a
l
so app
e
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r
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av
e sou
r
ed
r
ch h
i
s
to
r
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an a
t K
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an Un
i
-
- chu
v
e
r
s
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ty in N
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, s
a
id th
e
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c
l
in
e f
rom su
ch a h
igh
-
l
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e
l
s
in
c
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s
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a
r
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r
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o
f popu
l
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r
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ty w
a
s no
t su
rp
r
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s
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s
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ly exp
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