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Pages: 196
Editing: Nelson Ribeiro (credited) (editor); Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor)
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is fun, isn't it, Archie?
  • Keywords:sledding
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Flower Power
(Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Pencils:
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks:
Al Milgrom (credited)
Colors:
Frank Gagliardo (credited)
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Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
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Bill; Jill
Synopsis:
At a wedding about to catch the bouquet, Betty and Veronica each wonder if they're ready for marriage.
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Sophisticated Style
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Veronica / illustration / 1 page

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On the Phone!
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Betty / activity / 1 page

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Word find puzzle with a telephone theme.
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Turnabout Is Rare Play
(Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Archie is sick and tired of Betty and Veronica fighting over him. It's enough to make him want to date Cheryl. But their plan to make him want them again backfires.
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Stranger Than Fiction
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Reliving their fascination for the "Nancy Drool Novels", Betty and Veronica begin tailing Reggie when his actions seem suspicious.
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The Painfully Rich
(Table of Contents: 6)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Veronica moans to Betty how difficult her life has been because she is wealthy.
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Pie Flavors
(Table of Contents: 7)

Veronica / activity / 1 page

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Unscramble the pie flavors.
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Home Ec-Less!
(Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Ms. Cooke
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Veronica might fail her home economics class since she has trouble cooking a gourmet meal for two for only twenty-five dollars.
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Teacher's Pet
(Table of Contents: 9)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Snortly the pig
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Everything's in an uproar when Veronica loses her new pet pig at school.
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Peek Tweak
(Table of Contents: 10)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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Veronica sneaks a look at Betty's diary.
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Dream Theme
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page

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Mr. Lodge had a dream that Archie was his son-in-law.
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The Collector
(Table of Contents: 12)

Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther / comic story / 12 pages

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Taddy Toadmaster/The Collector (villain); Darlene (villain)
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A fanatical collector named Taddy Toadmaster wants to add the Riverdale High football team to his collection of unique items and it's up to Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther to stop him.
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Locker Lore
(Table of Contents: 13)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
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Tim Kennedy (credited)
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Rudy Lapick (credited)
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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Travis
Synopsis:
Betty reflects on the role lockers play in the daily life of students.
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The Cold
(Table of Contents: 14)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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When Archie shows symptoms of the cold Veronica has, Betty accuses him of seeing her surreptitiously.
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True to Type
(Table of Contents: 15)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages

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Sabrina's attempts to help the people of Riverdale with her magic go awry, luckily for her.
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Pay T.V.
(Table of Contents: 16)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Veronica has the girls over on a Friday night and they shop using the shopping channel on the TV.
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Mail Wail
(Table of Contents: 17)

Betty / comic story / 1 page

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[no title indexed]
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Betty / activity / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Check out the word find for the different kinds of cakes...
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Indexer Notes

Word find puzzle.

Brownie Points
(Table of Contents: 19)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 6 pages

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Miss Grundy's class is assigned to form partnerships and produce items to sell at the Riverdale Business Achievement Fair. Archie and Betty team up to bake and sell homemade brownies, but Archie proves to be more of a hindrance in the kitchen than a help.
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Short Cut
(Table of Contents: 20)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 21)

Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

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While it's snowing outside, Betty uses a sun lamp and travel posters to simulate being on the beach in Europe.
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Coat of Arms
(Table of Contents: 22)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Veronica gives Betty her old leather jacket.
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String-Fling
(Table of Contents: 23)

Betty / activity / 1 page

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Snow Tableau
(Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie isn't going to let a little thing like a blizzard stop him from inviting himself over to the Lodge estate.
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Regret Fret
(Table of Contents: 25)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page

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Mr. Lodge is not excited by Archie's latest actions.
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Downhill Drag or There's No Hope on the Slope
(Table of Contents: 26)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages

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While skiing at Mr. Lodge's new Timberland Ski Resort, Betty swerves on a downhill run to avoid a rabbit and pitches out of control down the mountain.
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Veronica's Clothes for Good Times
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Veronica / illustration / 1 page

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Fashion spread.
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Thief Grief
(Table of Contents: 28)

Betty / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Last year at this resort someone stole my skis!
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Betty has something stolen from her every time she visits this ski resort.
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The Rebounders
(Table of Contents: 29)

Betty / comic story / 11 pages

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Aggie Applegate
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Coach Kleats searches for a way to get his temperamental girl's basketball team to work together. But the team quickly has bigger problems to worry about. On the way to a game, their bus is buried in an avalanche of snow.
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Indexer Notes

Coach Kleats is coaching the girl's basketball team in this story, which is a neat trick since in past stories he was the coach of the boy's basketball team. In addition, Nancy Woods isn't on this team, though she has been seen as part of the girl's team in past stories.

Fashion Showdown
(Table of Contents: 30)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Zeena Vane; Nancy Wilson
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Veronica clashes with a tough-talking new student.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 31)

Betty and Veronica's Coloring Page / activity / 1 page

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Betty and Veronica on a bobsled.
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A page to color.

On Her Toes!
(Table of Contents: 32)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That was a nice 'belly'!
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Li'l Jinx wants to know why ballet dancers stand on their toes when the ballet could just hire taller girls.
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An All-Star Cast
(Table of Contents: 33)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Billy Butterfield
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Hal takes Betty and Polly ice fishing on Loon Lake.
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Slope Slipups
(Table of Contents: 34)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Wilma DeMall
Synopsis:
A videographer films Veronica trying to ski, hoping to use her antics to make a "How not to" video.
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Merry Kiss Miss
(Table of Contents: 35)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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Veronica wants Betty to stop kissing Archie under Veronica's mistletoe.
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Season’s Gripings
(Table of Contents: 36)

Betty and Veronica / activity / 1 page

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Pick Kick
(Table of Contents: 37)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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Veronica measures everybody's arm-span to determine who will go shopping with her.
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The Remembering Tree
(Table of Contents: 38)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Veronica helps Betty trim her Christmas tree.
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Wrap Flap
(Table of Contents: 39)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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Moose takes gift wrapping a step too far.
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Tale of Travail
(Table of Contents: 40)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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Jughead tries for a Christmas bonus.
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Cool Yule
(Table of Contents: 41)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page

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Veronica spots Archie buying her gift. Ethel shows Archie her gift from Jughead. Jughead rings for the Salvation Army from a sheltered spot.
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Indexer Notes

This is a collection of three two-panel gags rather than a continuous story.

A Sure Thing
(Table of Contents: 42)

Veronica / activity / 1 page

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Unscramble the letters puzzle.

Ms. Biz
(Table of Contents: 43)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages

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Veronica campaigns for a female Santa at the school's Christmas pageant, then dreams of what it would be like if she were Santa.
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She Axed for It
(Table of Contents: 44)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie is counting down the chopping days until Christmas.
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List Twist
(Table of Contents: 45)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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Veronica wants a stereo for Christmas.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 46)

Riverdale Mail / letters page / 1 page

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Nelson Ribeiro (credited)
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typeset

Concrete Thinking
(Table of Contents: 47)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh no, Sabrina, I'm not going into any ladies' lingerie store, I get too embarrassed with all those dainty things around!
  • Keywords:Christmas
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Synopsis:
Sabrina does some shopping in a lingerie shop while Harvey waits outside. After too long a time inside, Sabrina comes out and finds a snowman where Harvey was waiting.
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Holiday
(Table of Contents: 48)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Mr. Lodge receives an ugly sculpture from his aunt and hopes that Archie will accidentally break it.
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Label Lullaby
(Table of Contents: 49)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty gets involved in collecting food labels in order to buy the local orphanage a new TV. Wanting Archie all to herself, Veronica asks her dad to advertise Betty's quest on his TV stations, resulting in even more labels being sent to Betty. Betty buys the orphanage a new van due to the huge number of labels. She credits Veronica, who in turn is touched by the orphans' genuine thanks.
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Stamp Scamp
(Table of Contents: 50)

Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page

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Ethel is waiting for a Christmas card from Jughead.
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Brain Campaign
(Table of Contents: 51)

Dilton / comic story / 0.5 page

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Dilton should not play Santa Claus.
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Yule Yowl
(Table of Contents: 52)

Salem / comic story / 5 pages

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Bored with the Christmas celebration at the house, Salem decides to wander the neighborhood and ends up doing good deeds for the neighborhood animals in spite of his mood.
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Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 1 page

Too Many Clauses
(Table of Contents: 54)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["This is fun, isn't it, Archie?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Flower Power
    Betty and Veronica
  3. Sophisticated Style
    Veronica
  4. On the Phone!
    Betty
  5. Turnabout Is Rare Play
    Archie
  6. Stranger Than Fiction
    Betty and Veronica
  7. The Painfully Rich
    Betty and Veronica
  8. Pie Flavors
    Veronica
  9. Home Ec-Less!
    Betty and Veronica
  10. Teacher's Pet
    Veronica
  11. Peek Tweak
    Betty and Veronica
  12. Dream Theme
    Mr. Lodge
  13. The Collector
    Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther
  14. Locker Lore
    Betty and Veronica
  15. The Cold
    Betty
  16. True to Type
    Sabrina
  17. Pay T.V.
    Veronica
  18. Mail Wail
    Betty
  19. ["Check out the word find for the different kinds of cakes..."]
    Betty
  20. Brownie Points
    Betty's Diary
  21. Short Cut
    Li'l Jinx
  22. ["Daddy couldn't afford to send me to Europe..."]
    Betty Pin Up
  23. Coat of Arms
    Betty and Veronica
  24. String-Fling
    Betty
  25. Snow Tableau
    Archie
  26. Regret Fret
    Mr. Lodge
  27. Downhill Drag or There's No Hope on the Slope
    Betty
  28. Veronica's Clothes for Good Times
    Veronica
  29. Thief Grief
    Betty
  30. The Rebounders
    Betty
  31. Fashion Showdown
    Veronica
  32. [no title indexed]
    Betty and Veronica's Coloring Page
  33. On Her Toes!
    Li'l Jinx
  34. An All-Star Cast
    Betty
  35. Slope Slipups
    Veronica
  36. Merry Kiss Miss
    Betty and Veronica
  37. Season’s Gripings
    Betty and Veronica
  38. Pick Kick
    Veronica
  39. The Remembering Tree
    Betty and Veronica
  40. Wrap Flap
    Moose
  41. Tale of Travail
    Jughead
  42. Cool Yule
    Archie and the Gang
  43. A Sure Thing
    Veronica
  44. Ms. Biz
    Archie and the Gang
  45. She Axed for It
    Archie
  46. List Twist
    Veronica
  47. [no title indexed]
    Riverdale Mail
  48. Concrete Thinking
    Sabrina
  49. Holiday
    Archie
  50. Label Lullaby
    Betty and Veronica
  51. Stamp Scamp
    Ethel
  52. Brain Campaign
    Dilton
  53. Yule Yowl
    Salem
  54. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
  55. Too Many Clauses
    Betty and Veronica
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