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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 1, 1953 (Friday)
i Another bill to regulate the
so-far uncontrolled and grow
lng business of artificial
weather control in Oregon
introduced today by Jackson
county's delegation in the
State House of Representa
tives. i The last of the child guid
ance clinics conducted by the
University of Oregon medical
school traveling psychiatric
clinic is to end here today.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 1. 1843 (Wednesday)
' Representatives of local de
fense and war agencies at
tend Victory Garden planning
session at Jackson county
courthouse.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
'Haves' and 'Havc-Nots' are
at it again over who will get
what in the post-war era.".
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 1. 1933 (Friday)
. Friends of L. A. Banks raise
$1,000 bond for his release
from jail after he is arrested
on libel charge.
More than 1,000 persons at
tend formal opening of new
cheese factory at Central
Point.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 1, 1923
: Valleyview and
residents start "
mains! enuhers.
Ashland
all out"
Harry Hosier, Ashland,
elected president of Jackson
County Game Protective as
sociation. E0 YEARS AGO
Feb. 1. 1913 (Monday)
"Monster petition" two i'cet
wide and 60 feel long to be
presented to Medford city
council requesting; retention
of E. J. Runyard as master
of city's public market.
, Railroad officials agree to
hn)d train N". 15 Grants
Puss for Medford persons who
wish to witness performance
by May Rabson in "A Night
Out ' scheduled for Grants
pass opera house.
Ml
iff
IkMi w i w M I law
Ne a, ten eofretf li tupaiior;
ve. or eish! Is escellent: five er
sis it good.
1. Name the husband of
Pocahontas.
2. llmv many pieces of all
vrr Hid JuHhs jot for betray
ini! Chrisf
3. What is the motto on all
U. S. coins?
4 Who was commander-in-chief
of the U.S. Armed
Forces during World War 1?
51 How many baseball
teams are there in each ma
jor league?
6. The Vice-President nf
the U. S may vole in the Son
ale only in case of a tie; true
or fiihe?
7. Ls a child born on h for
eign land of American parents
a eili.en of the U. S?
8. Name the second largest
planet.
9. 'The Spy." ' The Path
finder." and "The Last of the
Mohicans" were written by
whom?
io. Are there more women
in the United Stales than
men?
Answer: I. John Rolft, 2.
Thirty. 3. "In God We Truil."
4. Woodrow Wllsw.t. S. Ten.
8. True. 1. Y. B. Saturn.
9. James Fenimore Cooper.
10. Yes.
X
FEBRUARY 1. 19SJ
Dynamic Decade
"The next 10 years will be the most dynamic
in Oregon history."
That was the opening sentence in a Mail Trib
une story yesterday, which reported a speech
made here by Hubert J. Soher, an economist who
recently completed a detailed survey of the state s
economy, resources, and prospects for the future.
Mr. Soher makes a good case, and an en
thusiastic one. His report, prepared for Pacific
Power & Light Company, is a printed, illustrated,
58-page booklet, liberally sprinkled with facts,
and with a summary which sounds as though
Oregon will become the land of milk and honey
within a decade.
, .
AS IT has been presented up and down the
state, the reactions have been generally favor
able. . . ,.
The Pendleon East Oregonian's editor says,
"This is the best thing of its type that has been
done in Oregon."
The Oregon Statesman's editor, in Salem,
sees many good things in the report, but is slight
ly more reserved, and is of the opinion that it
may be "somewhat overdone."
As a matter of fact, the principal defect in
the report, in our view, is that it is so optimistic,
so glowing, so unadmitting that problems and
hard work also lie ahead, that it may detract from
the aura of believability which is sought.
DESPITE these cavils, the job was worth do
ing, it was clone thoroughly and well, and
both Mr. Soher and PP&L are to be commended
and thanked for their contribution.
Widespread distribution of this handsome
publication (and PP&L is seeing to it that it will
be distributed widely) can do much to dispell
the impression that Oregon is in the economic
doldrums; that it cannot
and more rapidly growing states to the north
and south, and that the future of Oregon is some
what uncertain.
To the contrary, Mr. Soher expresses virtually
unlimited confidence that Oregon will grow and
prosper, will diversify its industries, will take
thoughtful and careful advantage of its mag
nificent resources of water, soil, forests, metals
and people, and at the same time retain its lia
bility the thing that makes it dear to so many
of its citizens.
FOR a brief review of Oregon's economic and
inrliicfvipl lipao tVin linnU-lnf is Hio lipfit wa'vp
seen.
It gives thumbnail descriptions of the current
situation and the prospects for population and
employment, forest industries, agriculture and
food processing, recreation and tourism, tishmg,
apparel manufacture, minerals, metals and metal
working, chemicals and metallurgy, general in
dustry, electronics and
research, education, transportation, power and
utilities, construction, commerce and finance,
water and climate, labor, government expendi
tures, and government and fiscal.
In all of these Mr. Soher emphasizes quality,
and dubs Oregon "The Quality State," citing
the excellence of its products and their world
wide reputation.
IT IS difficult, in light of the facts Mr. Soher
brings forward, to come to any conclusion
other than the one he has, namely, that a dynamic
decade is ahead for the state.
But, to achieve the
growth, which we must have if we are to avoid
burgeoning into "slurbs" (or suburban slums)
which now do so much to blight the face of Cali
fornia, certain things arc necessary.
These are things which cannot be done by
individuals or groups of individuals. They can
only be done by the organizations sot up to serve
the' citizens government at the city, county and
state level.
"
A RE these units of government prepared to
"cope with a growth which, if Mr. Soher's fig
ures are correct, will be nearly double that of the
presi'lil in the next 17 years?
Are they prepared to cope with increasing
threats of air and water pollution, spreading
suburban cities with their demands for city serv
ices, prnbiemsnf, traffif. lJil' transmit Lation, the
uireai to ucuuiy ana u pruuueuve larin acreage;
We're not entirely sure they are. This is one
of the major concerns before the legislature now,
trying to decide how local and state governments
can be made effective and responsive, and yet
given sufficient authority to impose the inevit
able regulations ami controls which we must
have if we arc to avoid turning into another
asphalt jungle, surrounded by honky tonks anil
junk yards.
jVjll. SOHER tells us that the shrimp boat's
A'a-comin and that it's going to have a full
load aboard.
So it is.
Rut we repeat the caveat that we'd better be
ready for it; better do what we can, now while
there is yet time, to perfect and implement our
planning' and zoning techniques, to put into force
air pollution control measures, to decide how and
where and when to lay out the additional water
lines and roads and arterials, and all the other
housekeeping chores that will have to be done to
j accommodate, in our
more and a county of 100,000 or moreand this
before today's babies graduate from high school.
The erowth anil the
we have the wit and the will, it can come without
..oiling everything that makes Oregon the lovely
and desirable place it is. E.A. . ,
compete with the larger
scientific instruments,
"planned and orderly
case, a city of 60,000 or
prosperity are cominp:. If
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Seek You the Book
To the Editor: In regard to
Mr. J. E. Ring's interpretation
of the scriptures, wherein he
says "the human race was
started off 6,000 years ago by
a miracle man and that is
that." If Mr. Ring had been
more observing in reading the
Bible he would have noticed
that the Lord said to Adam
and Eve, to "replenish" the
earth.
And is it not also written
that there is nothing new and
that all things are of old, and
have been done of another
time, and will be again after
our time? And is it not also
recorded, that in the judg
ment before our lime, that
the earth was made void and
without form, and that all life
was destroyed "in the flesh"
and that all the cities were
laid waste? And is it not also
written that when our time is
finished, and the judgment of
the earth shall be that it will
reel back and forth like a
drunkard and the heat of the
sun will increase seven times
that all the works of man's
hands will be destroyed?
Know you not that the stars
arc the light of men, and
through their righteousness
they reflect the love of God?
And that a third part of the
stars reflect no light for they
have not the love of God, and
are reserved unlo destruction?
And the Lord said I am
the bright and morning Slar.
And is it not written that the
two morning stars sang to
gether, one is the Lord, the
other is Satan, whose light
you sec not, for he has not
the love of God, but the love
of himself, and those of his
flock arc of the same dark
ness, for they have not the
love of God, nor do they un
derstand the ways of right
eousness? Seek you out the
Book of the Lord, and learn
of Him, that you be no par
taker of their damnation, or
come into punishment fur
wayward ways.
Ted N. Slotted
Route 1. Box 224
Rogue River, Ore.
Stand Up
To -the Editor' To n!l Mori
ford sports fans:
The student body of Med
ford High school appreciates
the fine adult support that
has been given to our sports
BiMivitirs - the new fcnibul!
stadium, the good turnouts at
game s. and the excellent
sports coverage of the Mail
Tribune. And now the Med
ford students and the railv
squad would like to invite
you Tornnrin .sports fans to tin
one step further and demon -
strate your pride and inter-
est in our boys by standing
up during the School Fight
Song. We would be honored
to have ymi join us'
Medford Rally Squad
Sue Jahn
Rl. II. Box Rtilt
Medford
Article Liked
To the Editor: My Iui.-ImikI
and 1 warn to thank all of
your staff for their part in
the article about our doll hos-
pilal, written bv Mr? Sim-1 lOuiilry of oui .
mons, that was in Sunday's! u'e. the undersigned, will
Medford Mail Tribune Wc welcome any advice on what
had lots ot phone calls and i to do about tho above intolcr
many wonderful commrnis un : able situation. We would be
it. as well a ciiMon.ors, and I especially grateful if someone
we think il i-oiildn'l have I i Hie leoal nrofession. who
been nicer.
Alberta Dciucr.
Hunipty-Dun-ply
IVI1 Hospital,
IB Western ave ,
Medford
Mill Nuisance
To the Editor: At Central
Point, Oregon, in 19fiJ. a pcti-
tion was signed by :'ro prop-
owncr ";d resident, to
Srhe.VX 7o?
rty value by mill faiioiit of
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
sawdust cinders and black
soot, and also by the offensive
stench emanating from the
mill pond. At this time a
representative of the Cheney
Stud Mill wrote an article in
the Medford Mail Tribune
stating that all the trouble
was taken care of. And seem
ingly it was. For the first
time in 10 years we had relief
from the mill fall-out. About
a couple weeks relief, long
enough to show that some
thing can be done, if the mill
owner is willing. Then it start
ed all over again.
The common misrepresenta
tion of the Cheney mill owner
to the public is that the mill
was there before most of the
homes were built. This is true
of the old small stud mill. The
sawmill, which causes 93 per
cent of the soot fall-out, was
built in 1952, long after most
of the town property was
built.
And even at that time the
people of Central Point had
a petition out against building
the sawmill and its stinking
mill pond. They were afraid
that what HAS happened
WOULD happen. But Mr. Ben
and Mr. Francis Cheney, and
Mr. Bill Askwith went from
house to house, promising the
peonle there would be no soot
fall-out and no smell from llie
pond, that under no circum
stances would there be any
property damage or bad odor,
This would absolutely be taK
en care of with special equip
ment. The public believed
these men and recalled their
petition.
The Cheney Stud Mill own
ers have not kept their prom
ise. Our properties are being
destroyed and devalued
roofs, yards, and paints are
ruined sawdust cinders and
black scot all through t h e
houses. And the gagging odor
from the mill pond, especially
in warm weather, is something
out of this world. You'll just
have to smell it before you'll
believe it.
Many, many complaints
have been made by the towns
people. We have gone to the
County Anti-Pollution Board
to llie county Judge, to two
different county commission
ers, and many times to the
Central Point city council,
also, even to the State Sani
tarv F-oard, u.-hirh replied tiiat
an Oregon law had been pass
ed by our Legislature practi
caiiy giving the mill owners
the right to ruin property
around them without being li-
able for damac.es. Why was
such an unfair law ever pass-
1 cd1 And more to the point.
why hasn't our city council
done some little something in
al! these years? Vt hy haven I
mir eoiinty officials done some
thing'" ro only the moneyed
people in this area have
rights? Don't the people of
moderate means have any
rights at all in this matter?
Year after year our prop
erty taxes go up while year
by year our properly values
go down. That's a fine situa
tion in this great lawful, free
thinks something CAN
done, would contact us.
be
Frank Koch
Amos N. Bishop
J. F. Hays
Mrs. J. Hay.
Flovd Hildenbrandt
Bill Mintz
Ray Priehard
Maggie Priehard
All Central Toint, Ore.
Waite of Space
To the Editor: Three cheers
for Mr. Cuddy in Monday's
OREGON
Somoza Dynasty in Nicaragua
To Retain
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Newt Analyst
When, on June 2, 1936,
Gen. Anastasio Somoza seized
the government of Nicaragua
he set up a re-
gime which
was to pass
from father to
son and for
nearly 30
years make
Nicaragua a
domain of the
Somoza fam
ily. On Sun
day, Feb. 3,
v4
VfWHB
the nation which is about the
size of he combined states
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harrit
(c. Field Enterprise!. Inc.
ARTIST AND LAYMAN
A college student majoring
in music asked me after a
lecture not long ago, "What
would you say is the chief
difference be
tween the ar
tist and the
1 a y m a n?" I
gave him
some long,
clumsy and
not quite sat
isfactory an
swer. The
question rang
a dim bell in
my mind, however, and upon
returning home I hunted
through my library and event
ually found what I had been
looking for.
It was a paragraph from
the preface to a collection of
short plays, "The Angel Tliat
Troubled the Waters," pub
lished by Thornton Wilder
40 years ago. In speaking of
the anguish involved in the
creative process, Wilder says:
"An artist is one who
knows how life should be
lived at its best and is al
ways aware of how badly
he it doing it. An artist is
one who knows he is failing
in living and feeds his re
morse by making something
fair, and a layman is one
who suspects he is failing
in living but is consoled by
his success in golf, in love,
or in business."
It is the degree of talent,
of course, that determines
how much of an artist one
really is. But it is the ina
bility to be consoled by
other forms of endeavor
that sharply distinguishes
the artist from the layman.
If he cannot be. he wants
to make rather than to
have.
Most of us fail at living,
because most of us fall fur
short of being what humans
ought to be. The artist not
only knows this, but he re
fuses to accept substitutes
in the way of possessions.
This is not to say that he
does not enjoy possessions;
but they do not satisfy him.
He cannot delude himself
that they compensate for
his failure at living or his
failure in making "some
thing fair."
A friend uf mine, many
years ago. showed great prom
ise as a poet. But he listened
to the siren sons of Holly
wood, and moved there, socn
acquiring a vast income,
along with Ihe appropriate
swimming-pool, psychoanalyst
and ex wife 'Alio was - an -actress.
When I saw him, a
film he haH written had just
won an Academy Award.
Mr ''''
But he was miserable be-1 hasn't been heard from on the
cause a hook nf poems he had ! subjwit Hut y,iu an aff !y
just published had been pan-1 bet your bottom dollar that he
ncd in an obscure literary ! is rubbing his hands and grin
Journal not read by more j ning from ear to ear.
than a few thousand people. :
His commercial sui-cr-ss miulil
have consoled him for his
failure in his personal life: it
could not console him for h'.s
deterioration as a poet, as a
maker.
One reason that civilization
has always valued the arts is
this pricklv- conscience of the
artist, which gives him no
rest unless he is working, and
working at his highest pilch,
not to possess something but
lo distribute it. not to collect
or amass but to scatter for all
I people and for ail times. He
pays with art for his deficien
cies in life.
paper. I asrre with him 100
per cent. There are entirely
ton pinny long articles dealing
; with B blc quotations and the
, pros and cons of some re
! Iigious belief. None of these
people ever come to an agree
ment or win their arguments.
It Just takes up space which
j could be used to print a wider
variety of subjects and ideas.
I which would be much more
interesting
I hope the editor will keep
this in mind for those of us
of like opinions.
This applies to all the
"Aginnrr" letters we've been
getting lately also. These gen
tlemen could use their talents
to give us a different and
Power, Despite New
ol New York and New Jersey
is scheduled to elect a success
or to President. Luis Somoza.
The opposition already
charges that the election is
rigged.
It is charged that the Som
oza name may disappear from
the presidency but that the
man who fills it simply will
be a front for the Somoza fam-
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
This is another day when
there's no doubt as to what's
the big news.
It's the black-balling of
Britain for membership in the
European Common Market.
YOU may ask:
What is this European
Common Market?
It's a trade organization
composed of six Western Eur
opean countries West Ger
many, t Italy, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg and
France. These six countries
joined some years ago in a
mutual trade agreement. H
was a FREE TRADE agree
ment. They abolished TRADE
frontiers. In this "common"
market, trade flows as freely
from one country to another
as from one American STATE
to another. ,
It has been IMMENSELY
successful. It has brought to
these six countries prosperity
such as they had never even
dreamed of before.
WATCHING what has hap
pened in these six Com
mon Market countries, Britain
came to the conclusion that
she needed to join the lodge.
She is physically separated
from them by a body of water
not much wider than San
Francisco Bay, if one meas
ures from north' to south in
stead of from east to west.
So she applied for member
ship. Her application was turned
down.
HOW?
Each
member of the
Common Market has a veto.
When they passed the box
for the voting, President De
Gaulle of France dropped in a
BLACK marble. The other
five dropped in white mar
bles. That did it.
Britain was turned down
for membership in the Com
mon Market.
WHY?
Nobody knows for
sure. But it is suspected that
another Frenchman got delus
ions of grandeur. The French
have a habit of that sort. Na
poleon, of course, is the shin
ing example. It just could be
that De Gaulle would like to
be another Napoleon. In their
personality, the two have
much in common.
Some diplomats profess to
believe the French are start
ing a long process of lessening
U.S. and British influence on
the continent, with the idea
of making France top dog in
Europe.
That was Napoleon's idea,
too.
rrHE big question:
-1 WHY ARE WE
CON
CERNED?
ARE not necessarily
" co
oncerned on Britain's ac
count. Britain can survive.
She has her own organization
of states her common
wraith, composed of former
British colonics. The British
Commonwealth has a ori of
Common Market of its own.
The trouble is, as we see it,
(hat this is the FIRST BREAK
in the Western Alliance. As
this is written Old Kroosh
I t MOTHER nnpstinn
.1
spoken as yet, but in the
I minds of everybody:
Will De Gaulle finally get
over on Kroosh's side?
IT'S improbable but you
never can toll what a
Frenchman with delusions of
grandeur will do. A century
and a half ago, Napoleon and
Alexander I of Russia got to
gether on a raft in the middle
of the Nicman river at Tilsit
and for two weeks had the
time of their lives dividing un
- ! 'Ilp world and Parceling it out
between them.
These despots are danger
ous. mcire
about
useful subject to read
Mrs C Poole
Home I, Box 738
Eagle Point, Ore.
i Appreciation
I To the Editor: May wc lake
! this means lo express our
! d c e p c s t appreciation and
' heartfelt thanks for the con
sideration, thoughtfulness and
assistance extended to our
Frances during her illness.
W. A. Clink family,
Tule Lake. Calif.
W L. Clink family,
I Anderson. Calif.
K. L. Clink family,
' Santa Barbara. Oilif.
ily, paving the way for the
election four years later of
younger brother. Gen. Anas
tasio Somoza.
The Somoza brothers deny
It.
I am tired," said Luis,
"and all I want is a long rest."
Odds-on favorite to win the
office is former Foreign Min
ister Dr. Rene Schick who
also happens to be the candi
date of the Somoza-dominated
Liberal party.
Whether it is this or wheth
er it is because the opposition
Conservative party is split,
the campaign has been one
mostly waged by the news
papers. The voters have shown
little interest, apparently
agreeing with the political
posters which plaster Man
agua proclaiming that Schick
will be elected.
His only opposition is a man
named Diego Chamorro who
led a splinter group away
from the main Conservative
party. Traditional Conserva
tives refer to the Chamorro
group as "mosquitos."
There is general agreement
that a much stronger candi
date would have been Dr.
Fernando Agucro.
Aguero withdrew his candi
Washington Report
By William
(c) United Feature Syndicate
MA JORITARIANISM
Washington - Under cover
of demands for seemingly
dusty changes in Senate rules,
a profound at
tack on the
very constitu
tional balance
in this coun
try is now un
folding. The
ultimate ob
jective is to
reduce the
power of the
White smaller, less
urbanized states in the only
national forum where such
power still exists, the United
States Senate. The ultimate
effect would be the substi
tution of a Gallup poll kind
of a majority rule, based al
most wholly upon the wishes
of the populous urban centers
and states and interests, for
the matchless system of
checks and balances written
into the constitution nearly
two centuries ago.
The end of it would be a
new majoritarian rule based
upon megalopolis - the super
city, the super - state - which
would give little time and less
heed to any and every sec
tion or interest in the United
States which was not allied
with the new majoritarian
ism. IN SHORT, what is finally
sought here is the crea
tion of a new political system
of totally unchecked majority
rule - instant government
like instant coffee - in spite
of the fact that the whole
heart of the Constitution is
meant to restrain majorities
from running over minorities.
Not even a majority of 89
per cent can presently take
away the basic rights of mi
norities, even the irreducible
minority of one man, to free
speech, free religion, the priv
ate enjoyment of private
property.
Those attempting this fate
ful amendment of the Consti
tution by unconstitutional
means are naturally centering
upon the one place where
they have not already' won
the game - the Senate. They
are generally called "liber
als" and generally they arc
Democratic Senators from big
urban controlled states plus
a handful of Republican "lib
erals" from the srme kind of
states.
A more exact term for
them, however, is maioritar
ians. Chief among them are
such Democratic Senators as
Paul Douglas of Illinois,
Wayne Morse of Oregon and
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dacy after charging that un
der the new electoral laws thai
election already was fixed
and that the Somoza candi
date would be declared the
winner no matter who won
the most votes.
Only other organized re
sistance comes from a group
called Republican Mobiliza
tion. It has been labelled a
front group for the Commu
nists and is estimated to hava
around 5,000 members.
If trouble is to come it
probably would be from that
direction.
Whatever may be the fu
ture intentions of the Somoza
brothers, Luis has gone to
considerable pains to prevent
any widespread popular un
rest. A reformed labor code put
domestic servants under so
cial security, raised pay scales
and improved vacation bene
fits. A proposed land reform
program so far has not suc
ceeded, resulting in scattered
seizures of land by some ten
ant farmers on large estates.
If Luis Somoza really does
intend to retire, he has plenty
to keep him busy. Somoza
wealth is said to include 10
per cent of Nicaragua's arable
land.
S. White
Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania
and such Republican Senators
as Jacob Javits of New York
and Clifford Case of New
Jersey.
TiHEIR immediate objective
A is to end the effective pow
er of any minority to resist
by prolonged talking in the
S te through applying a
parliamentary gag. Their case
is superficially attractive.
The filibuster has a bad
name because southern Sen
ators have long used it to re
tard civil rights legislation.
The fact, however, is that
what is poison to the majori
tarians in other hands is meat
in the hands of the majoritar
ians themselves. .The same
weapon has been used by
them more often than their
opponents, to retard legisla
tion sought by conservatives
generally.
Civil rights, therefore, is
only the vehicle by which tho
majoritarians really intend to
break not me,ely southern
resistance to civil rights bills
but any and all minority re
sistance on any and every is
sue with which minorities
may dare to disagree with tho
majoritarians. For when a mi
nority, however "wrong."
can be gagged today, a minor
ity, however "right," can ba
gagged tomorrow.
TtHERE was a time when 2G
states were soundly esti
mated to be under control o
the shadowy Ku Klux Klan.
These 26 states could have
voted a clear majority in the
Senate and, under the new
debate restrictions now being
demanded, undeniably could
have halted all debate on any
issue whatever.
The great, bottom truth is
that the Senate is literally
the only place left where po
litical minorities have truly
effective rights. The House Is
a strictly majority - rule - by
one institution. And minori
ties, including small - popula
ted states, have little to saV
about either the nomination
or election of a President.
All this is specifically why
the Constitution gave each
state, regardless of size, two
votes in the Senate.
Those demanding "changes
in the Senate rules" are de
manding infinitely more than
this. They are demanding,
consciously or not. a revolu
tionary overturn in the basic
fnrni of govprnmpnt toward
a monolithic, automatic, fore
doomed confnrmism to what
ever megalopolis might de
cide at any given moment.
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