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game was closer than the score
indicated.
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AND H1H HAIR UNCOMBED
(Oakland (Calif.) Tribune.
"Captain Daley of the High
way Patrol, describing arrest of
John T. Hansen after a 10-mlle
ehaae at 90 m.p.h., punctuated
with platol ahota and ending In
wreck of . fugltlve'a oar In 200
foot plunge.
He waa aurly and had no re
gard for authority.'".
...
The Hallowe'en havoc was mild
and merchants hope to have the
soap and parafine scraped off
their windows before It Is time
to erect the Christmas trees.
.
Rep. Starmcs of Alabama, a
member of the Dies Committee,
engaged In probing un-American
activities were considerable put
out by the arrest of a witness
after he left the witness stand.
"The whole thing not only . smells
to high heaven, but it stinks,
he averred. The situation appar
ently barely missed being a nau
seating stench.
Thursday, November 23. has
been proclaimed by FDR. as
Franksgivlng, instead of the last
Thursday of the month, an idea
originating with G. Washington.
...
Your corr. had a sore thumb
that stuck out like one, yester
day. A nation wide drive is In the
making "to keep us out of med
dling in Russia." A large bloc of
citizens feel all meddling should
be confined to meddling with
home problems, such as agricul
ture and unemployment.
LATEST IIITI.KK VAKN
'It seems Atlolr with Ooerlna. Von
Hlbbentrnp. Heaae and othera were
driving down the rood. A dnchund
ran out Into ihe road and was struck
)' the car and killed. Hitler Insist
ed they stop and that he go m and
appease the owners. Ills companions
oojected. but the enr stopped and
Hitler went In. He was gone about
thirty minutes. The others herame
worried and started toward the house
o see what was wrong. Just then
Hitler came out of the door. Around
his neck were several strands of
sausages. Hla arms were filled and
hie pocketa stuffed with bread, meat,
cheese Bnd other edibles. He seemed
bewildered. He waa assisted to his
car. When the car started, Von Rtb
bentrop sskod him what had hap
pened and what he said In his ap.
peaaement move to gain such a hearty
welcome In the Oerman home. Hit
ler, still apparently dawd, replied.
I did not aay much. All I ssld was.
Hen Hltlerl The dog la dead " Ex.
change.
Man Dies, Dog Lives
As Car Hits River
Marshficld, Nov. 1. (AP) A
man died In the plunge of his
automobile In the Coquillc river
near here yesterday, but his
dog, trapped in the car with him,
was not harmed.
The body of Carl Beliu, 55, of
Bridge, member of a pioneer
Myrtle Point family, was found
In the partially submerged car,
along with the dog. Whether
Bellcu drowned or died of In
juries was not apparent.
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Editorial Correspondence
North Bay, Ontario, October 27. Decided at the last moment
to break the Journey cross country, for a view of the Dionne
quintuplets.
Have Just returned from the "view" which wasn't as close as
expected. This was due to the bad weather, a heavy rain start
ing about three in the morning, which has been going great guns
ever since. And when the weather is bad the quints don't play
In their outdoor glass enclosure. They stay indoors, while the
visitors stay on the other side of the wire and steel fence, three
or four hundred feet away. We were prepared by the bus driver
at North Bay, however, so took along our binoculars, and as a
result perhaps had a clearer "close-up" of the quints and their
nurses, than if the weather had been fair, and we had brought
no glasses.
There is only one public showing at the Defoe "hospital" dur
ing the winter, from ten a. m. to ten-thirty. Promptly at this
hour the Venetian blinds on the glassed-in porch were raised and
there were the quints, all togged out In crisp light blue dresses
with pink ribbons on their glossy black curls and their faces
pressed on the glass toward the crowd a very small crowd lined
up in the rain along the fence.
Emilie took the lead waving a chubby hand through the rain
drops, Marie followed suit, and finally all five were waving.
all but Emilie however in a rather perfunctory fashion, we
thought. At once the field glasses became greatly in demand, we
might have made bus expenses by charging five cents a look! The
hospital is 13 miles south of this place.
Well, needless to say they are a cute bunch, and a great adver
tisement for whatever may be their diet, as roly-poly as a litter
of New Foundland puppies and apparently as happy as a bevy of
baby larks.
The next time they do a picture it should be in color, however,
for color is such an important item in their attractiveness "in
the flesh." The striking contrast between their Jet-black, raven
locks, for example, and their marvellous complexions! They are
not "snow whites" but a sort of transparent ivory, best describes
their skin, with Just a FAINT flush of rich red blood, beneath.
And what sparkling black eyes and milk-white teeth!
If they keep up at this rate Papa Dionne is not only going to
be the bouncing father of five of the most famous daughters in
the world, but five of the most glamorous debutantes.
After seeing Papa and Mama Dionne, however, they live in
their original farm shack, Just across the street with 'tother chil
dren we have our "doots." Environment and care can work
wonders, but from what we know of biology and eugenics, we
would predict that the quints as a group and individually will
never again be quite as attractive and appealing, as they are today.
In other words we would guess the five-year mark is about the
peak.
Mebbe not. The quints not only have the most perfect scientific
care, but they now have over a million dollars in the bank.
And miracles CAN be performed if there is money enough.
Nevertheless that's our prediction and we are going to stick
to it.
STRANGE, take them one by one and the girls aren't dupli
cates, by any means, they vary in size and features. Yet there
is such a striking family resemblance with all of them (all on
the mother's side moreover), that when the five of them are mov
ing about in a narrow space, one Is as confused as if the old
fashioned pea game were going on. At least that was our pre
dicament. "Oh, there's Yvonne pushing up the window no It's Annette,
is it, why that's Cecile Isn't it?" and so on and so forth.
The program is arranged with this fact in mind apparently,
for one by one the girls bow before the open window and announce
themselves In French, (everything of course, Is In French, though
the girls are starting now to learn English). But after the intro
ductions are over, the same "now you see her and now you don't"
continues. It's a grand and glorious puzzle to pick them out.
e
Before the half-hour was up it stopped raining and everyone
felt better Including Tony the huge Great Dane, on the other side
of the fence, who dislikes getting wet, and for that matter
dislikes strangers getting too close to his Royal Nibs and the fence.
Incidentally Tony Is on the Job, day and night, also serving as
company for the special guard, during the latter period, when
Mr. Guard has to make the rounds and punch his clock every
THIRTY MINUTES!
The night guard returned on the bus with us. and admitted
one can't get much rest, on a schedule like that. doesn't mind it
so much in the summer, but in the
Ontario, however, Is taking no
the quints, from fire, kidnapping
comes FIRST!
Following the individual introductions, all the windows were
opened and the nurses put white sweaters on the girls. Marie was
very proud of her appearance with this addition, and proceeded
to strike a dramatic pose, before the assembled and somewhat
bedraggled onlookers, reaching her arms high up and putting
her head coyly on one side. showing her woolen panties, knee
length, beneath her flaring skirt.
"Oh isn't she simply DARLING" cried the lady from Chicago.
Her well-nourished husband, took the cigar out of his mouth
long enough to agree but immediately reverted to the suggestion
he had made at least half a dozen times before: "Oh come on
Maizy, lot's get In out of the wet!"
There were not more than 15 or 20 spectators in all, and it
was noticeable, the women got a big kick out of it, while the men.
as a group, DIDN'T. One of them in fact his car had a South
Carolina license took refuge in the back seat, two minutes after
the blinds went up, and there he sat, until the 30 minutes were up.
Oh it wasn't that the men didn't think the quints were cute,
charming, adorable, and all that, but why stand there looking
"at the kids," for half an hour straight, and in the WET! (We had
to grant a certain sympathy with the argument, but we also felt
a certain professional responsibility, one of the quints might get
rambunctious, for example, and start a fight! That would be some
thing no roving newspaper man could afford to miss.)
But nothing of the kind happened. Exactly at 10:30 there was
a final hand waving by all the cast and down went the blinds
The show was over.
We would like to know what the five little girls really think
about it, these crowds of strangers staring at them, as they go
through their paces, day In, day out.
It was obvious their Interest lagged, after the first few minutes
They not only sang their French-Canadian nursery songs, but even
piped away at Santa Lucia, and one of the recent song parade
hits. Yet one felt their hearts weren't really In it, in fact some
of them refused to Join with their sisters In singing at all for
long periods, but concentrated on dressing their dolls, or trying to
push the windows open and shut.
There was one MOST refreshing fact about the entire presen
tation however there wasn't even the faintest suggestion of self
consciousness or the show-off complex. The quints have become
accustomed lo this half-hour in their daily routine and take It
perfectly naturally, as a matter of course.
Across from the Defoe "hospital" is a pine board shed with the
quints' hand painted "banner" above it. where Papa Dionne sells
all sorts of trinkets and souvenirs, and a smaller store next to It.
where linens and woolens are dispensed. We went in to look around
and a more unattractive lot of Junk could hardly be imagined. The
muscular, pinkchroked (no iiKikc-up) young woman in charge
explained the poor showing by the fact the place will be closed
winter "IT'S TOUGH!"
chances of any harm coming to
or anything else. Their safety
' up for the winter tomorrow and
They say Papa Dionne makes a very good thing out of It
however during the summer months, when the tourist trade is
this district's chief business.
Papa Dionne came over to the store while we were there,
and it was at once apparent that he has a claim for damages
against M. G. M., or whoever it was who put on the original
quintuplet cast, if he wishes to pursue it. For Dionne is no
weak sister, he isn't the robust He-man type either, but one is
impressed with his physical fitness, his poise, his general bearing
of self-confidence and self-respect. He still farms his little place,
without help, and he looks it, a man who has been close to the
soil all his life, and worked in the dirt. With increased prosperity
and a certain world wide prominence, he has lost nothing of his
rural integrity or simplicity, but at the same time WELL, after
seeing the man and sizing him up, our advice to any city slicker
planning to pull Papa's leg, would be to look carefully at his hole
card and watch his step. Unlike the "papa" In the movie, Olivier
Dionne is no set-up, no Mr. "MILQUETOAST."
Mrs. Dionne, the glimpse we had of her, provided no such
surprise, one doesn't stand aghast at the idea that she COULD
have given birth to seven children AND the five quintuplets!
The French-Canadian women up here are very pious and very
prolific there is Mrs. Ben Labelle, Mrs. D.'s neighbor and best
friend, for example. She is the mother of 18 CHILDREN and no
twins, much less quintuplets!
En passant we believe it extremely fortunate that the quints
happened to select the sort of environment they did, and the
sturdy, unassuming type of parents. We stand appalled when we
consider what would have happened to them, had they been born
say within a few miles of Coney Island, L. I.! New York! R.W.R.
Personal Health Service
By William
Slened letters pertaining lo personal health and hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Urady If stamped self
addressed envelope Is enclosed Letters should be brief and written In Ink
Owing to the large number ot letters received only a few can be answered.
No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. ' Address
Dr. William Brady. 263 El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif.
THEY LOST THEIR TEETH BUT NOT THEIR DYSPEPSIA.
In the British Medical Jour
nal, London, Drs. J. M. Vaizey
and A. E. Clark-Kennedy pub
lished June 24, 193!), some in
teresting o b
servatiorjs they
made in a
study of the
general effects
of removal of
all the teeth of
234 out pati
ents. The teeth
were removed
from 76 of
these patients
on the theory
that "sepsis
rrom diseased
or infected teeth was responsible
for their hyspopsia. Others had
been deprived of their teeth on
the theory that removal of bad
teeth would bring relief from
anemia. Still others had lost
their teeth In the hope of get
ting relief from rheumatism. But
In 120 of the outpatients it ap
peared the teeth had all been ex
tracted for purely dental rea
sons. I still raise my eyebrows
about the purely dental reasons.
Members of the dental profes
sion are sometimes pretty arbi
trary about extracting teeth some
of them insisting that a pulpless
or so-called "dead" tooth must
not remain in the mouth, for
in many instances such teeth
unquestionably do become in
fected eventually.
Only six of the 7fl persons
with dyspepsia obtained appar
ent benefit from the removal of
their teeth. The other 70 lost
their teelh but not their dys
pepsia. Of 13 patients whose teeth
had been removed on the theory
that septic poisoning from in
fected teeth was responsible for
the rheumatism, five experi
enced benefit.
Of the 126 patients who had
lost all their teeth for "purely
dental reasons." 39 later devel
oped dyspepsia, and 19 devel
oped rheumatism.
You see, we've been and now
we're coming back.
Drs. Vaizey and Clark-Kennedy
question the widely accept
ed relation between dental sep
sis and dyspepsia and rheuma
tism. They express the opinion that
the mechanical, or we should
say the physiological factor
that is, inadequate or function
ally inefficient teeth and hence
insufficient mastication of food
is more important than the
septic or focal Infection factor.
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Released by The North
American Newspaper
Alliance. Inc.
Washington. Nov. 1. In the!
sea of doubt about British ant
French war-buying, some islands
of certainty begin to appear.
Buying will start in earnest the!
instant the arms embargo is re-'
pealed. While the British may
be rather cautious at first,
French orders will be prompt
and sizable. Armaments aside. I
French inquiries for goods and
contracts in negotiation already 1
they have let the stock run out.
Brady, M.D.
These English doctors con
clude, and Ol' Doc Brady con
curs, with the advice that when
extraction of dne.several or all
of the teeth cannot be avoided,
efficient prosthetic dentistry is
essential in the prophylaxis of
all types of dyspepsia.
Prosthetic dentistry is the
construction and installation of
dentures to function in place of
the missing tooth or teeth.
Incidentally, one of the Seven
Keys to Vite is "Save Your
Teeth." I quote from the book
let "Seven Keys to Vite"
"Every tooth lost by disease,
accident or design subtracts a
year or two from the individ
ual's life expectation unless its
function is carried on by a suit
able denture."
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
To the Demurs
Just to show the Dcntors of North
America how highly I regard them
a colleagues In the practice of pro
phylaxis, the prevention of disease
and the preservation of health I'll be
happy to send any Doctor of Dental
Surgery or Doctor of Dental Medicine
(D.D.S. or D.M.D.) who asks for It on
his professional stationery, a copy of
the booklet "Save Your Teeth" and
a copy of '.he booklet "The Seven
Keya to Vite." with my compllmenta.
Others who desire either booklet may
ask for It, Inclosing 26 cents coin
and a 1-cent-stamped envelope bear
ing the correct address. Let no cor
respondent who calls himself "Doctor"
but falls to reveal his degree attempt
t ge. by my guard.
Which Tincture of Incline
Having alwaya regarded tincture of
iodine as Intended for external use
only. I was astonished to learn you
recommend It for Internal use. Todsy
when I tried to buy some the drug
gist hesitated to sell It when I told
him I was going to take It as medi
cine. He pointed out a poison label
on the vial, and he said I had better
ask my doctor to specify Just which
strength of tincture I am to take.
(B. P.)
Answer Which leaves you out on a
limb, eh? The Pharmacopoeia recog
nizes Tincture of Iodine which con
tains 7.5 per cent of Iodine and Is
the tincture used by physicians and
surgeons: and Mild Tincture of Iodine
which contains a s per cent of Iodine
and is the tincture intended for pop
ular use. Either may be used In the
todln Ration. Some druggists have
not yet heard of the two tinctures,
but any druggist who complies with
the law has a copy of the Pharma
copoeia in his pharmacy and can
easily learn what we're talking about.
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Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D.. tes El
Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif.
total over $30,000,000. Airplane
companies will get the lion's
share of the earlier armament
orders, but both British and
French will branch out later,
buying largely In many fields.
Above all, no one American
banking house will receive com
missions or control the placing
of orders, as J. P. Morgan and
company did in the first world
war. Acting on the strongest
hints from the president him
self, the British and French gov
ernments are not only appoint
ing their own purchasing mis
sions, they are also preparing
to get advice from widely in
clusive panels of American
bankers and Industrialists, and
to have most of the tasks of a
fiscal agent performed by mem
bers of their own staffs.
In short, nobody will have the
inside track. Furthermore, no
commercial banker is even like
ly to make a profit. The British
and French can give the banks
only their deposits, and it may
be that payment for war orders
will be cleared through the New
York Federal Reserve bank
from the central banking insti
tutions in Tans and London.
On the other hand, nobody
will be left out in the cold
either. Stories have been going
round that, because of the ad
ministration's enmity toward
the famous firm, the British and
French missions would sedu
lously avoid any contact with
Morgan's. This is not so. Mor
gan's is on a basis of equality
with all the other banks, and
advice has already been sought
from them as from the others.
The British purchasing mission la
already on thla aide of the Atlantic,
waiting In Canada for final action
on the . arms embargo to cross the
border of the United States. Headed
by Colonel Greenly, a member of the
famous English engineering and msn
ufacturlng firm ot Babcock and Wil
cox, It la composed of a group of
financial and Industrial experts, and,
contrary to report, boasta no member
from the House of Morgan's London
affiliate. It haa already done much
buying In Canada, the Argentine and
countries where payment can be
made In 'sterling are naturally being
favored over thla country, where
every order exhausts precious British
foreign exchange.
The British thought It good policy
to waft until the neutrality problem
was out of the way for all but the
most essential buying, such as sur
gical forceps, optical goods and ether
articles obtainable only here. The
French, whose army Is much more
deficient In ordinary euppllea, fol
lowed a different policy. Officers of
the French army, navy and air corps
reached thla country soon after war
waa declared. These officers, seeking
blankets, shoes, electrical gooda, mo
torcycles, trucks, machine tools and
raw materials, have already built up
the S30.000.000 total mentioned above.
Thus far, the French officers have
worked through the commercial and
financial counselors of the French
embassy, M. Oarreau-Dombaale and
M. Leroy Beaulleu. Oarroau-Dombasle
has served aa coordinator, and to
date the National City Bank of New
York haa been chiefly relied on for
advice and haa received the bulk of
the French deposits.
At least one French problem, con
cerning a contract for electrical sup
plies, has been taken to Morgan's,
however, and a broader system ot
consultation will be Instituted later
on. The present set-up has worked
well enough to let tho FrencL gov
ernment delay declalon on the per
sonnel of lta purchasing mission, but
a mission will ultimately be sent to
this country to take command.
The squabble over neutrality re
vision has greatly delayed British and
French purchased of all sorts, of raw
rm.terlala aa well aa armaments.
Preferring to have the raw materials
processed In this country, the two
governments hive waited to see
whether thla would be poasiblo. Now
their purchasing systemu will soon
be complete, with elaborate. Inde
pendent New York offices, huge staff
of experts and clerical workers, groups
of advisers chosen among our ablest
business men, and complex legal and
financial machinery.
In the British and French decision
to do the purchasing Job themselves,
administration Influence was cer
tainly important. But for reasons of
public opinion, If for no others. It
must be admitted the Influence was
wisely exerted.
At The
National Capitol
with
John W. Kelly
(Continued from Page One.)
There are several fruits which
are competitive and easily sub
stituted one for another. Peaches,
apricots and pears, for example.
If there is a few cents difference
in price, the housewife will usu
ally take the cheaper say
peaches and the apricots or
pears will remain on the shelves.
Marketing agreements by pro
ducers of these fruits could, says
McNary, equalize the competi
tive products.
Under a marketing agreement,
explains the senator, a grower
would know how much to raise
to prevent a surplus, and acres
could be used for other purposes
as the grower reduced his num
ber of trees or asparagus beds,
strawberry patch or whatnot. It
is the canned surplus, held in
reserve, that hurts the producer
in the years of a short crop and
prevents him from getting high
prices.
FROM these highlight It Is ap
parent that McNary'a bill will
be controversial and a bone of con
tention, with cannera on one side
and farmers on the other. There are
very powerful pressure groups on
each side.
The proposed bill la seeking a
solution of a farm problem (cost of
production) from a different angle.
MANY DESIRABLE
FEATURES
Combines the super-softness of
fluffy cotton with a moisture
proof back perfect comfort
and complete
protection.
Sold by drug
gists, groceri
and department
stores In the M.
D. sjmtsrv bo.
12 for IS cenu.
ENGINEERS of tht reclamation
bureau are Mud y in taking a
block of power from Grand Coulee
and transmitting H down the Colum
bia river to the lower aectlon of the
Columbia baatn reclamation project
In the vicinity of Pasco. The project
to be aerved by Grand Co a lee has
1550.000 acres to be reclaimed and
around Pasco are some 200.000 acres.
Desire of Reclamation Commission
er John Page la to give an oppor
tunity to develop Irrigation on a
part of every section of Grand Coulee
and save time.
PRESIDENT ROOBEVFLT is a master-politician.
Discovering that
there was a group In the senate who
planned forcing congress to continue
In session after the neutrality bill
was passed In order to raise funds
for drouth sufferers and flood vic
tims In the west snd south, Mr.
Roosevelt acted with promptness. The
president wants congress to get out
of Washington and high-tall it for
home.
Here Is how he prevented the sen
ate group from- keeping the session
going until January: He dug up
$28,000,000 and gave It for drouth
and flood relief. Of course, Federal
Farm Security, which advanced the
money, will have a deficiency of that
amount at the regular session, but
It was a small price for the president
to pay to keep the boys out of the
congressional trenches until after
Christmas.
Tactics used for the house: admin
istration lieutenants suggested that
the Democratic representatives should
go home and ride their political
fences, which they were unable to
do. in the few weeks between ad
journment last August and the spe
cial session in September.
Flight 0' Time
Medford aod Jackson County
History from the (lies of the
Mall Tiihane 10 and 10 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
November 1, 1929
(It was Friday)
Albert B. Fall, former secre
tary of the interior, found guilty
of bribery money acceptance,
sentenced to a year in county
jail. Leniency extended because
of delicate health.
Rain is badly needed in the
Sams Valley district, farmers re
port. Minor local damage reported
as result of Hallowe'en pranks.
Weather bureau moves
new quarters at the airport.
into
Price cut for Model A Fords.
German Communists stage
demonstration against Mayor of
Berlin, on return from America.
Medford high to play Eugene
tomorrow.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
November 1, 1919
(It was Saturday)
Rain falls over the valley, and
routs cold spell.
The new Edison phonograph
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By Frank Jenkins
THE dispatches tell us that this
is "grievance week" in Brit
ain. There is too much secrecy.
There is too much censorship.
Too much of the bosses at the top
telling ordinary people what
they can do and what they can't
particularly what they can't.
The British don't like It, and
since the war isn't providing
much excitement they are plan
ning to provide a little of their
own by jumping on the govern
ment. THE "opposition" plans to cen
ter its attacks on the govern
ment's powers to restrict free
dom of speech and of the press.
It is quite possible that these at
tacks will do no harm. They
may even do some good.
Some censorship, of course, Is
absolutely necessary in war time,
but this writer gravely doubts
the value of the extreme restric
tions that have been practiced
in England. It seems reasonable
to believe that the censorship
that has been practiced there has
actually had the effect of shak
ing morale, rather than bolster
ing it.
It is extremely doubtful if all
this secrecy has kept anything
of particular value from Hitler.
OVERNMENTS are naturally
inclined to limit freedom of
speech and freedom of the press
as much as they can.
For one thing, freedon of
speech means FREEDOM TO
CRITICISE. This is especially
true of the press, which is al
ways free with criticism. Quite
often the press goes off at half
cock with its criticisms, and
makes itself a little ridiculous.
But criticism, whether justi
fied or not, gets under the skins
of those who are criticised. The
tendency of all government is
toward secrecy. In time, those
who run the government get to
telling themselves that the less
said about public affairs the bet
ter. That is bad for democratic
government. So this writer
rather hopes that the opposition
in Britain has just a little meas
ure, at least, of SUCCESS in its
plans to attack the powers of the
British government to restrict
freedom of speech and of the
press.
llHILE we're on the subject of
" Britain, the dispatches tell of
plans to push sales of British
products in this country in fact,
it is intimated that sales may
be pushed with extraordinary
activity.
Let's not get our dander up
over this proposal to invade our
home markets. Now that the
embargo bill seems pretty sure
to go through, we're planning to
sell the British a lot. and if they
don't sell to us they can't BUY
from us.
That's one axiom of trade that
can't be got around.
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