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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty and Veronica should learn to agree more!
  • Keywords:roller-skating
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Josie and the Pussycats [Josie; Melody; Valerie] (inset); Katy Keene (inset)

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #233.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., and Nov.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000699745

Big Wheel
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Archie 1 / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Archie 1; Betty 1; Jughead 1; Veronica 1; Reggie 1
Synopsis:
Archie 1 invents the wheel.
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The Mini Great
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Dilton / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Beautiful, Archie! Good job, Archiekins!
Characters:
Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Reggie tries to get revenge on Dilton, who gets Veronica's affections for being a great skater.
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Snowball Maze
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Betty / activity / 1 page

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Coach Kleats Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come quick, sir!
Characters:
Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Coach Kleats and Mr. Weatherbee rush to an emergency at the pool.
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Polite Plight
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Moose / comic story / 5 pages

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Characters:
Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Coach Kleats
Synopsis:
To get Moose fighting mad for his hockey match, Reggie asks Midge to sit next to the opposing team's bench and flirt with them.
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Milking It!
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Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
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Wild About The Girl
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Ronnie [Veronica Lodge]; Hiram Lodge (cameo)
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Sometimes
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come on, Jug! This way!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie searches for a nice, quiet place away from girls to think.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index at Archie's TV Laugh-Out #9.

It's Not What You Say, It's the Way You Say It
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Shut the door, Archie! Were you brought up in a barn?
Characters:
Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Stanley
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee instructs Miss Grundy on the art of speaking "teenese".
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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Th-th-this stew is awful!
Characters:
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee hates Miss Beazly's stew.
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Sound Barrier!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daddy! Wake up!!
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Li'l Jinx confronts her father about his snoring.
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Flame of Fear!
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B.E.T.T.Y. as The Girl from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; The Flamethrower
Synopsis:
The Flamethrower, a C.R.U.S.H. agent who can shoot fire from his fingers, tries to put the burn on P.O.P.
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Something Fishy
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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

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Characters:
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey
Synopsis:
Aunt Hilda boasts that she can ice fish without instruction.
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Fun Page
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Archie / activity / 1 page

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Short Trip
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Principal Waldo Weatherbee
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Katy's Winter Vacation
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Katy Keene / comic story / 5 pages

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Rochelle Morey (plot idea)
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  • Genre:fashion; teen
Characters:
Katy Keene; Dick Ludwig
Synopsis:
After taking a tumble on the slopes while learning to ski, Katy must deal with the problem of how to model with a cast on her ankle.
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Bingo and Samantha Tell It Like It Is!
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letters page / 2 pages

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Eda Edwards (credited as Bingo and Samantha)
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Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
Synopsis:
Wise advice to readers from Bingo and Sam.

The Big Truth!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx thinks her mother is going to buy an elephant.
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Footlight Follies
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Josie / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Sock; George Fury; Daisy Divine
Synopsis:
A handsome drama instructor comes to Josie's high school to direct the school play. All the girls sign up, but the boys aren't interested in being in a musical -- until they get a look at the director's assistant.
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Indexer Notes

Part one of a four-part story.

Script identifiable as Frank Doyle by his style and DeCarlo's statement that Doyle did "all the writing" for the early Josie comics.

The Bright Side
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Josie / comic story / 6 pages

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Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Sock; George Fury; Daisy Divine
Synopsis:
The girls and the boys all agree to be in the play, but their ineptitude drives George and Daisy up the wall.
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Indexer Notes

Part two of a four-part story.

Show Biz Blues
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Josie / comic story / 5 pages

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Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Sock; George Fury; Daisy Divine; Mr. Tuttle
Synopsis:
The rehearsals for the play get worse and worse, until George is convinced that it will destroy his career. Mr. Tuttle reassures him that "you can always change your name and go into another line of work."
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Indexer Notes

Part three of a four-part story.

It's Curtain Time
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Josie / comic story / 5 pages

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Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Sock; George Fury; Daisy Divine; Josie's dad; Josie's mom
Synopsis:
Convinced that the play is a disaster, George tries to run away on opening night, but Josie, Pepper and Sock force him to wait backstage.
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Indexer Notes

Conclusion of a four-part story.

One of the few times we ever see Josie's mother (though she doesn't speak).

No Strings
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What are you doing, Li'l Jinx?
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis:
Jinx gets frustrated with trying to make a necklace.
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The Check-Up
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
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The Daydreamer..
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Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm glad I'm a girl! Glad, glad, glad!!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge (fantasy sequence only); Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Betty imagines being Veronica.
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Turn-Down
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sorry, Archie! I'd love to go out with you tonight, only I'm going to be baby sitting!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie can't get a date because all the girls are busy baby-sitting.
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Indexer Notes

Art credits from http://www.joesinnott.com.

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Archie’s Puzzle Fun / activity / 1 page

Script:
A. W. Nugent (signed)
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A. W. Nugent (signed)
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A. W. Nugent (signed)
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Word Hash
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Indexer Notes

Unscramble the letters to form food words, a crossword, find forty objects beginning with B, draw three animals, and a connect the dots.

The marquee logo on this activity page has been changed from Super Duck to Archie. In addition, the words "Puzzle Fun" are in a completely different font than in the original printing.

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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, shouldn't you be doing your homework?
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The Heart Doesn't Lie
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That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:drama; humor; teen
Characters:
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis:
Samantha tells us the story of how her father tried to push her away from Bingo and toward Teddy, and how her mother managed to set things right.
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Indexer Notes

The first of a series of stories done in romance-comics style. In this case, what would normally be a standard comedy story is outfitted with flowery first-person narration by Samantha to give it a more dramatic feel.

No Contest
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 6 pages

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Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge's obsession with entering contests begins to consume his life.
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Good Show
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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L is for Mr. Lodge!
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 2 pages

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Characters:
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Different words that begin with L that define Mr. Lodge.
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Little Squirts
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis:
Greg keeps squirting Jinx with his grapefruit.
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Bon Voyage
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Sabrina; The Archies / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Sabrina
Synopsis:
Sabrina and the Archies help find a jewel thief on a cruise.
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Archie - Out of Gas!
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Archie / activity / 1 page

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Indexer Notes

Maze.

Splash Down
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Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Haw haw!
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Hot Dog
Synopsis:
Reggie splashes Hot Dog but Hot Dog gets even.
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Man or Mouse?
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Vicky Mantle
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Bad Day
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
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Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, have you heard that computers might replace some teachers?
Characters:
Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
Synopsis:
Jughead tells Archie that computers might someday replace teachers.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Betty and Veronica should learn to agree more!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Big Wheel
    Archie 1
  3. The Mini Great
    Dilton
  4. Snowball Maze
    Betty
  5. ["Come quick, sir!"]
    Coach Kleats Gag Bag
  6. Polite Plight
    Moose
  7. Milking It!
    Jinx
  8. Wild About The Girl
    Archie
  9. Sometimes
    Archie
  10. It's Not What You Say, It's the Way You Say It
    Mr. Weatherbee
  11. ["Th-th-this stew is awful!"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  12. Sound Barrier!
    Li'l Jinx
  13. Flame of Fear!
    B.E.T.T.Y. as The Girl from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
  14. Something Fishy
    Sabrina
  15. Fun Page
    Archie
  16. Short Trip
    Archie
  17. Katy's Winter Vacation
    Katy Keene
  18. Bingo and Samantha Tell It Like It Is!
  19. The Big Truth!
    Li'l Jinx
  20. Footlight Follies
    Josie
  21. The Bright Side
    Josie
  22. Show Biz Blues
    Josie
  23. It's Curtain Time
    Josie
  24. No Strings
    Li'l Jinx
  25. The Check-Up
    Archie
  26. The Daydreamer..
    Betty and Me
  27. Turn-Down
    Archie
  28. ["Word Hash"]
    Archie’s Puzzle Fun
  29. ["Archie, shouldn't you be doing your homework?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  30. The Heart Doesn't Lie
    That Wilkin Boy
  31. No Contest
    Mr. Lodge
  32. Good Show
    Archie
  33. L is for Mr. Lodge!
    Mr. Lodge
  34. Little Squirts
    Li'l Jinx
  35. Bon Voyage
    Sabrina; The Archies
  36. Archie - Out of Gas!
    Archie
  37. Splash Down
    Hot Dog
  38. Man or Mouse?
    Archie
  39. Bad Day
    Archie
  40. ["Archie, have you heard that computers might replace some teachers?"]
    Miss Grundy Gag Bag
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