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Memorabilia
From the promise of a new generation
leading the United States (as seen in the countenance and enthusiasm
of the novice John F. Kennedy), to the hope of equal rights across
the land, the space race, and from the near point of nuclear
annihilation to a querulous war in Indochina, the 1960s was a decade
of chaos. Assassinations of American leaders and riots in the cities
were all too prevalent, while a chasm between the older generations
and the younger was never before so bitter. 1967 itself was perhaps
the most turbulent year of all.
As graduating classes go, EHS class of
1967 was fairly big. We
had 579 alumni, each with their own experiences and memories from
those years. Being individuals, our lives are unique and distinct.
However, some experiences and memories from 1967 were obviously shared by us
all. Here are a few that undoubtedly jog our collective psyche . . .
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A musical overview of our
times . . . |
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Wayback Machine |
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EHS wheels back in the day . . . |
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20-Year Reunion Book . . . |
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An Independent Snohomish County Local History -
http://www.snohomishhistory.com/ - Very interesting!
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1967 |
2007 |
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Population
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 | City of Everett population - thousands (approx.) |
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50.0
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102.0
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| Washington state population - millions (approx.) |
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3.7
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6.4
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| U.S. population - millions (approx.) |
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195.0
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300.0
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| World population - billions (approx.) |
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3.5
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6.5
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| Average life expectancy - males |
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66.6 years |
75.2 years |
| Average life expectancy - females |
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73.1 years |
80.4 years |
| Auto deaths per year per 100,000 population |
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21.3 |
17.9 |
| Number of high schools in Everett |
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2 |
4 |
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Prices
& Economy
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| U.S. average consumer price index (BLS) |
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100.0
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608.0
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| Average income |
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$7,305 |
$38,611 |
| New car |
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$2,724 |
$28,715 |
| New house (U.S.) |
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$14,425 |
$240,000 |
| Loaf of bread |
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$0.22 |
$3.00 |
| Gallon of milk |
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$1.15 |
$3.50 |
| Gold per ounce |
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$35.00 |
$1,000.00 |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average |
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786.41 to 943.08 |
14,000 |
| First class postage - letter |
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$0.05
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$0.39
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| Washington state minimum wage (hourly) |
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$1.40 |
$7.63
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| Gasoline price per gallon (approx.) |
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$0.33 |
$2.25 - $4.00 |
| National debt (then-year $billions) |
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$344.7 |
Over $8,000.0 |
| Everett city profile |
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Vibrant,
blue-collar mill town |
City in transition |
| Prime lending rate |
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6.0% |
8.25% |
| Average annual U.S. unemployment rate (BLS) |
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3.8% |
~ 5.1% |
| Average annual U.S. inflation rate |
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2.8% |
~ 4.0% |
| U.S. standard of living |
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Rising |
Declining |
| U.S. middle class |
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Growing
Middle Class |
Shrinking
Middle Class |
| Prevailing family income profile |
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One working parent (single family income) |
Two working parents (two family incomes) |
| Wages and salaries |
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Rising |
Stagnant or falling |
| World monetary standard |
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Gold |
Dollars |
| World trade |
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Protectionist, nationalistic |
Rising free trade, globalization |
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Environment
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| Chief environmental issues |
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Pollution,
toxins |
Climate change
(global warming, etc.),
mass extinctions, invasive species, genetic
mutations, Amazon rain forest, etc. |
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Public
Health |
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| Chief public health issues |
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Asian flu pandemic, cure for common diseases,
radioactive waste, drug use |
AIDS, bird flu pandemic, West Nile Fever, obesity,
radioactive waste, access to healthcare, bio-terrorism,
etc. |
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Politics
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| Everett City Mayor |
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Ray Stephanson |
| U.S. President |
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LBJ (D) |
GWB (R) |
| Washington Governor |
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Evans (R) |
Gregoire (D) |
| U.S. Senators |
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Jackson (D) Magnusen (D) |
Cantwell (D) Murray (D) |
| Thurgood Marshall becomes the first black ever
appointed to the Supreme Court |
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| Majority party in U.S. Congress |
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Democrats |
Democrats (post '06) |
| National debt index (1967=100) |
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100 |
~ 2,325+ |
| Trends in public sentiment |
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More optimistic,
upward mobility, rising anti-war sentiment,
distrust of government, angry electorate |
More pessimistic,
downward mobility, end of the American dream, rising
anti-war sentiment, distrust of government, angry
electorate, worst presidency in U.S. history |
| U.S. wars in progress |
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Vietnam, Cold War,
War on Poverty, Space Race |
Afghanistan, Iraq, Drugs, Terror,
War on the Middle Class, War on
Illegal Immigration, etc. |
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World
& National Events of 1967 |
| China announces it has the H-bomb and
conducts its first test blast |
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| France's DeGaulle pledges to "liberate" Quebec |
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| LBJ and Russia's Kosygin hold summit in
Glassboro, NJ |
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| Race riots occurred in 100 U.S. cities |
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| Oswald killer, Jack Ruby, dies of cancer |
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| Open rebellion against Mao Tse Tung breaks
out in China and the Red Army seizes Peking |
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| Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva,
defects to the west |
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| US and USSR sign space demilitarization
treaty, banning orbiting nuclear weapons and
territorial claims on celestial bodies |
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| Detroit riots end after 8 days, 43 dead |
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| Newark black riots end after 6 days, 26 dead |
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| US troop levels in Vietnam increased from
300,000 to 525,000 and
US suffers highest weekly casualties of the
Vietnam War; protestors make night march to
Pentagon |
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| Draft Board refuses exemption for Muhammad
Ali |
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| Ronald Reagan sworn in as California
Governor |
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| Anti-segregationist Lester Maddox sworn in
as Governor of Georgia |
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| Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first black
Supreme Court justice in US |
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| Man said to be Boston Strangler is
recaptured after escape from mental hospital |
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| Dow high 943 and low 786 |
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| Dr. Christian Barnard performs first human
heart transplant on patient who survives
nearly a year before succumbing to lung
complications |
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| Stunning Israeli victory in the Six-Day War with
the Arab states |
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| Biafra secedes from Nigeria leading to civil war |
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| King Constantine 11 of Greece deposed;
military junta led by Col. Papadopoulos takes
power |
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| British Aden becomes independent Yemen |
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| Che Guevara killed in Bolivia |
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| US astronauts Edward White, Virgil Grissom &
Roger Chaffee killed in fire during a launch test |
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| Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov killed landing
Soyuz 1 |
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| Francis Chichester completes the first solo
voyage around the world and is knighted by
Queen Elizabeth |
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| The musical "Hair" produced |
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| Beatles release "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band" |
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| Movies first sold on videotape |
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| Expo 67 held in Montreal |
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| Big-screen actress and sex-goddess Jane Mansfield dies in car
crash |
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| First coronary bypass surgery performed by
Rene Favaloro at Cleveland Clinic |
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| George Rockwell, founder and leader of the
US Nazi Party, is shot dead by a sniper |
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Best-selling
Books in 1967 |
| The Silent Spring - Rachel Carson |
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| The Games People Play - Eric Berne |
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| Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann |
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| In Cold Blood - Truman Capote |
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| The Feminine Mystique - Betty Friedan |
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| Unsafe at any Speed - Ralph Nader |
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| Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe |
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Sports
in 1967 |
| Muhammad Ali stripped of his World
Heavyweight Champion titles and banned from
boxing by the various commissions for his
refusal to be inducted into the United States
Army |
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| St. Louis Cardinals take the World Series,
winning 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox |
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| Super Bowl I - NFL champion Green Bay
Packers win 35-10 over the AFL champion Kansas
City Chiefs |
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| UCLA takes the men's NCAA championship,
winning 79-64 over Dayton |
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| Philadelphia 76ers take the NBA
championship, winning 4 games to 2 over the San
Francisco Warriors |
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| Tour de France winner is Roger Pingeon of
France |
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| Mario Andretti wins the Daytona 500 |
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| NASCAR Championship — Richard Petty |
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| Indianapolis 500 — A.J. Foyt |
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| USAC Racing — A.J. Foyt won the season
championship |
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| Formula One Champion — Denny Hulme of New
Zealand |
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| 24 hours of Le Mans: Dan Gurney / A.J. Foyt
won, driving a Ford GT-40 Mk. IV |
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| Rally racing — Rauno Aaltonen / Henry Liddon
won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper
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| Drag racing — Bennie Osborn won "Top Fuel"
at the NHRA World Finals |
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| Men's Tennis -- John Newcombe wins US Open
and Wimbledon |
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| Women's Tennis -- Billie Jean King wins US
Open and Wimbledon |
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| Golf -- Jack Nicklaus wins the US Open,
leading money-maker wins $188,998 for year; Don
January wins the PGA Championship |
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| Peggy Fleming wins the women's World Figure
Skating Championship |
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Top
Movies of 1967 |
| The Graduate (Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft,
Katherine Ross) |
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| Bonnie & Clyde (Warren Beaty, Faye Dunaway,
Gene Hackman) |
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| Cool Hand Luke (Paul Newman, George Kennedy,
Strother Martin) |
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| The Dirty Dozen (Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine,
Charles Bronson) |
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| Camelot (Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave,
Francis Nero) |
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| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Spencer
Tracey, Katherine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier) |
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| Far from the Madding Crowd (Julie Christie,
Alan Bates, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp) |
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| You Only Live Twice (Sean Connery, Donald
Pleasance, Tetsuro Tamba, Bernard Lee) |
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| In the Heat of the Night (Sidney Portier,
Rod Steiger) |
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| Thoroughly Modern Millie (Julie Andrews,
Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing) |
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| The Producers (Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder,
Kenneth Mars) |
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| Belle de Jour (Catherine Deneuve, Jean
Sorel) |
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| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop
Worrying and Love the Bomb (Peter Sellers,
George C. Scott, Slim Pickins) - this is
actually a 1964 movie but is listed here for its
symbolism of the times |
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Popular TV Shows of 1967 |
| Lassie |
Mavis Bramston Show |
| Gunsmoke |
Bewitched |
| Pick-a-Box |
Till Death Us Do Part |
| American Bandstand |
Homicide |
| The Black & White Minstrel Show |
Lost in Space |
| Bonanza |
Batman |
| The Andy Griffiths Show |
I Dream of Jeannie |
| Z Cars |
Hogan's Heroes |
| My Three Sons |
Get Smart |
| Four Corners |
The Monkees |
| The Avengers |
Star Trek |
| Combat! |
Mission Impossible |
| The Beverly Hillbillies |
The Flying Nun |
| The Saint |
Ironside |
| Petticoat Junction |
The Prisoner |
| Dr. Who |
Hunter |
| Peyton Place |
Mannix |
| The Man from UNCLE |
Bellbird |
| Gomer Pyle, USMC |
This Day Tonight |
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