Some carriers will hold out either through obstinacy or inability.
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His obstinacy is putting an already battered country at risk.
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Obstinacy, rather than some idea for Britain's future, drove her.
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They are inhibited from doing so by the president's obstinacy.
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Choosing to argue otherwise is a case of overwrought obstinacy.
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I love her sense of mischief, her obstinacy, and her fearlessness.
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The answer is Congress, and specifically congressional obstinacy and self-service.
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States are tired of unnecessary federal obstinacy against innovation and new approaches.
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Many Argentines dislike the idea of rewarding the holdouts for their obstinacy.
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This obstinacy likely had the effect of alienating (and inflaming) potential viewers.
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In the aggregate, however, the White House's obstinacy suggests a deeper problem.
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But reason seemed to have no purchase on her; her obstinacy was pointless.
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It is right that MPs should respond to her obstinacy by taking back control.
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Gilbert's obstinacy helped reveal the existence of a murderer preying on South Shore prostitutes.
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But, again, there are some serious drawbacks lurking in the shadows: inflexibility, obstinacy, and rigidity.
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And their obstinacy in maintaining obsolete rulings shows the court truly lives in another era.
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Nunberg's sheer obstinacy—who wouldn't spend 80 hours going through emails to avoid going to jail?
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Despite the displays of obstinacy, the president continued to reach out on issues of mutual interest.
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"Perseverance is a virtue but sheer obstinacy is not," said eurosceptic Conservative Member of Parliament Mark Francois.
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The violence was condemned by the opposition leadership, who nonetheless blame Maduro's obstinacy for fueling the unrest.
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He often faced US obstinacy, as he did in trying to end the Syrian conflict in 2012.
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Bibi has managed to keep his obstinacy obscured, though, because the Palestinians have been boycotting the talks.
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This obstinacy of Islamic monotheism, placing it beyond argument or challenge, is perhaps the creed's most impressive feature.
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Since former Speaker Newt Gingrich's (R-Ga.) time, they've had to contend with irrational obstinacy, obstruction and disingenuousness.
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Even with his faultless sentences, research and structure, the subject remains, with earthbound obstinacy, a game of lacrosse.
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She does this by keeping her language in the politically propitious grey zone between responsive pertinence and stonewalling obstinacy.
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This Tlingit name is acknowledged in a smaller sign below the other, serving as a monument to colonial obstinacy.
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I marveled at Beauvoir's obstinacy, her commitment to happiness and the willful ideology by which she shaped her existence.
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De Middel approached this story of eccentricity and obstinacy by showing people in spacesuits made of colorful "African" fabrics.
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The other wants to make it searchable, algorithmically matching queries with the point-missing obstinacy that makes computers computers.
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Mr. Mélenchon's critics say his obstinacy is petulant, wounded pride that can only help Ms. Le Pen's National Front.
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That obstinacy confronts a new wave of research showing that climate change is much more harmful than we had imagined.
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This being the animal kingdom, territorial connotations abound: Beware the mob of emus, for instance, and the obstinacy of buffalo.
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It is also necessary to have an intense, driven leader with the visionary brilliance and obstinacy of a Steve Jobs.
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Compared with his sharp elbows and unprepared obstinacy in Europe earlier this year, he now seems to be toning himself down.
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Depending on the level of "obstinacy," Mr. Bonilla said, "the levers of publicity" — news releases, op-eds, media appearances — kick in.
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That was how Theresa May's premiership ended this week, wrecked by her blindness and secretive obstinacy, in loneliness, desertion and despair.
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This lawsuit never should have been necessary in the first place, and now the consequences of the White House's obstinacy have landed.
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Beguiling watercolors depict land, air and water creatures, including an obstinacy of buffalo, an unkindness of ravens and a smack of jellyfish.
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"But the main person responsible for this confiscation is François Fillon, with this obstinacy and failure to respect the word he gave."
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The Taliban's obstinacy on this point is unfortunate, as intra-Afghan negotiations will be crucial to any lasting peace or stability in Afghanistan.
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That obstinacy might have been a trait worth dwelling on given Packer's critique of the certitude that he believes defines our intellectual moment.
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The tactical obstinacy of the 1990s has curdled into the belief that any compromise constitutes betrayal, a dynamic now playing out in the primaries.
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His sliminess and obstinacy are essentially why the DEA hasn't been able to get anything done, and Ed only budges after Mika bombards him.
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Mr. Rajoy's obstinacy capitalizes on this division, weakening the Socialists by forcing them to compete with the Popular Party for hard-line unionist voters.
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He drove as he lived: using sheer obstinacy to force a car to its destination, no matter how battered and scarred it would emerge.
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Ruth Wilson has made a habit of playing women defined by their determination and obstinacy under duress, and Alison is right in that wheelhouse.
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It just might have to wait until a little more time has passed so everyone can move on from eight years of knee jerk obstinacy.
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We're not sure if the little dog is experiencing stage fright or just a case of obstinacy, but either way, Tinks nixes the first obstacle.
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There are those that rob the light from your eyes with their single-minded obstinacy: Kobe, Michael, Cliff Paul's twin brother on a good day.
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The post-convention Trump free fall has run into the obstinacy of his appeal — an appeal that seems to defy every gaffe, untruth and insult.
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Mr. Modzelewski, whose moral obstinacy inspired and guided generations of dissidents both in his home country and abroad, is credited with coining the name Solidarity.
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So, Iran's interests are served by some improvement, but not too much: cooperation when it serves Tehran's interests, and obstinacy and obfuscation when it does not.
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One, with a young Krystian Zimerman at the piano, led by Bernstein himself, perfectly captures the scherzo's uninhibited spirit: its insecurity, naïve obstinacy and, ultimately, desperation.
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Eulogizers, citing McCain's honor, courage, patriotic service, obstinacy, humor, reverence for freedom and contempt for bullies, presented the Arizona Republican as the personification of America itself.
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The obstinacy of House Republicans makes it crystal clear that House Democrats can't secure the 20 Senate Republican votes needed to remove the president from office.
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He was an irascible man who nursed plenty of grudges: in his will he refers to the "undutiful obstinacy of one whom I am unwilling to name".
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The Afghanistan government blamed the Taliban for the canceled peace talks, saying the group's "obstinacy to increase violence against Afghans" is the "main obstacle" to peace negotiations.
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Although not obviously political, these artists' textiles works offer a point of reflection between opposing formal and conceptual ideas — rigid and soft, masculine and feminine, obstinacy and compromise.
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More broadly, Trump has a defiant streak and might be loyal to Flynn out of sheer obstinacy, a rejection of interference from figures like Obama, Yates, and Comey.
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May's willful ignorance and obstinacy means she has never understood the landscape she's operating in, where the minefields lie, where the safe places and escape routes might be.
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The Afghan government has blamed the Taliban for the canceled peace talks, saying the group's "obstinacy to increase violence against Afghans" is the "main obstacle" to peace negotiations.
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At a French-British summit meeting in 1988, when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sought a cut in French agricultural subsidies, her obstinacy prompted an obscene outburst from Mr. Chirac.
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Dressed for the meeting in a pinstripe suit that makes him resemble "a broke black gangster from an American film," he boasts and blusters with a parent's loving obstinacy.
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Republicans have an existential interest in keeping turnout low, but Democrats will use the Senate's obstinacy and the threat of another arch-conservative justice to bring out voters in November.
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"This is a speech of obstinacy which sends messages that Qatar will not stop supporting terrorism," said Ali al-Naimi, editor of an online news website published in the UAE.
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But, wise to human obstinacy and desperation, it also offers them advice on how to proceed if they must, whom to avoid, how to prevent heat stroke and so on.
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Its obstinacy is frustrating, because such a solution is necessary in order for the island to return to capital markets — a necessary outcome for any chance at a robust economy.
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Mr. Sanders was Mr. Sanders, displaying the same unabashed obstinacy that has kept him at or near the top of the polls in Iowa and in other critical early states.
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Only Chelsea's obstinacy prevented Bayern from bringing in Callum Hudson-Odoi, an 18-year-old English winger who has never started a Premier League game, for $40 million last month.
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Alloush said the three stages of the Geneva negotiations were not successful because of obstinacy from the Assad regime and the continuation of attacks and aggression against the people of Syria.
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The White House said that it would continue to withhold $255 million in military aid to Pakistan out of frustration over what it has characterized as Islamabad's obstinacy in confronting terrorist networks.
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All throughout history you can find examples of people standing up to terrifying regimes and holding the line against them, and surviving against all odds just by force of sheer, bloody-minded obstinacy.
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Using what Mr. Gerbi described as sheer obstinacy, they had gotten the Swatch Group company, one of the world's largest producers of watches and movements, to supply what was essentially a start-up.
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Rather, he will try to convince us that it had everything to do with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's obstinacy to slash interest rates and to engage in another round of quantitative easing.
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Mr. Lewandowski tried to slow-walk his answers, displayed an attitude of taunting obstinacy and obeyed the White House's request that he not disclose any private details about his discussions with Mr. Trump.
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They claim that Argentina's moderate talk masks the same "arrogance, obstinacy and delay" (to quote a bondholder brief by Duane Morris and Weil Gotshal & Manges) that the country has shown throughout the bond litigation.
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J Street's continued criticism of the Israeli government created a pseudo-Zionist political shield on the Jewish community's left flank that the Obama administration used to blame Israel for actions largely caused by Palestinian obstinacy.
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The president initially said he felt comfortable negotiating with Ms. Pelosi, but in interviews aired on Sunday, he sharpened his attacks on her and said her obstinacy on the border wall was damaging the country.
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While Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Ben Carson aren't staying in the race out of kindness to Mr Rubio, their obstinacy may actually help him in the long run, by preventing Trump from reaching 1,237 delegates.
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To her critics, the obstinacy of Ms. Syroyid and her like-minded supporters in Parliament is mind-bogglingly irresponsible, the tantrum at the children's table after the adults of European statesmanship had prepared a healthy settlement.
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Republicans now say Mr. Trump's obstinacy in addressing perhaps the gravest crisis of his campaign may trigger drastic defections within the party, and Republican lawmakers and strategists have begun to entertain abandoning him en masse. Mrs.
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This pluralism is always frustrating to politicians, just as it is to artists, because both tend to believe so implicitly in their own sincerity and good will that they come to perceive opposition as mere obstinacy.
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"In the name of internationalisation and diversity, [cultural policy makers] are in danger of becoming contributors to the destruction of originality and obstinacy which has gained the Volksbühne an international reputation and worldwide recognition," the letter reads.
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While India's obstinacy in trade talks (at the WTO and in bilateral negotiations) has hardened views on its willingness to change, the reality is that India has become far more open to trade over the past decade.
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Analysts say both men view truculence and obstinacy as political virtues and as such could probably understand one another, though Trump once referred obliquely to some Mexican candidates as "not that good" in an apparent nod at Lopez Obrador.
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As all his best films do, these movies came under scrutiny and initial rejection by the Indian Censor Board, but with Kashyap's obstinacy and belief in fighting for artistic freedom at all costs, they ultimately released with minimal cuts.
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His supporters can continue to leverage that success into new victories this election cycle, both locally and in the House and Senate races that will determine control of Congress—as long as we don't euthanize ourselves with our obstinacy.
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It's also a brilliantly told, deeply moving story about love — in all its manifestations, perversity and obstinacy — one that starts to take shape when Beanpole's friend Masha (a fantastic Vasilisa Perelygina) returns to Leningrad, medals pinned to her uniform.
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That obstinacy will irk the Clinton campaign, which will have to expend some effort fending him off, even as the former secretary of State would much rather turn all her fire on Trump for the general election battle ahead.
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Whatever the merits of the legislation itself—and many of the provisions were worthwhile, including changes designed to reduce the power of money in politics, to close ethics loopholes, and to expand voting opportunities—Republican obstinacy turned it into a charade.
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The answer is a comprehensive, sustained and relentless international pressure campaign, led by the United States, South Korea, Japan and China, that raises the price of Mr. Kim's obstinacy to the point that he believes his survival is in jeopardy.
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Ms. Yates will be forcefully criticized for her obstinacy in refusing to defend the President, particularly if reports that the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel signed off on the form and legality of the controversial executive order before it was issued are true.
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The Palestinians can have peace and a state if they return to the direct negotiations with Israel they abandoned — and the Middle East can take a step forward if all states refuse to be held hostage by Ramallah's obstinacy and self-delusion.
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In an article in the latest issue of the Harvard Law Review titled "Statutory Interpretation on the Bench," Richard A. Posner, the former federal judge, and Professor Abbe R. Gluck of Yale Law School describe the contortions required by Justice Scalia's obstinacy.
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Mr. Lambert's wife and her supporters point to multiple medical assessments that found her husband to be in an irreversible vegetative state, and to court rulings that said artificial means of keeping him alive constituted "unreasonable obstinacy" as defined by French law.
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My parents read me books, showed me videos: Bull Connor and his snarling dogs, fire hoses scattering marching crowds, restaurant counters gripped by tightened brown knuckles, stoic obstinacy in the face of persecution, of spit-flecked screams and limp bodies hung from thick branches.
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Ms. Lambert and her supporters point to multiple medical assessments that found her husband to be in an irreversible vegetative state, and to court rulings that said that artificially feeding and hydrating him to keep him alive constituted "unreasonable obstinacy" as defined by French law.
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Inaction on interest rates in an overheating economy — Turkey's inflation surged to a 15-year high of 18 percent this month — and apparent obstinacy by Erdogan, who has pressured the bank to hold rates down in favor of pursuing growth, has exasperated investors for months.
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Perhaps it's to do with our fetishisation of pain, self-sacrifice, and hard work, or maybe it's our cultural inclination towards obstinacy and bloodymindedness, but either way we love to see our heroes getting their hands dirty, taking some serious punishment and still scrapping for the win.
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It's intended both to reinforce the myth Mr. Johnson's been building — that he's the person willing and able to deliver Brexit, and the only reason he can't deliver it is the obstinacy of Parliament or the Europeans standing in his way — and to distract from his own failures.
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All of this might suggest either that the G.O.P. was a party stumbling away in shame from a self-inflicted defeat or one that was narrowly saved by the obstinacy of a few of its members, who prevented it from doing something truly harmful to the lives of Americans.
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To be a writer, to be a mother: The more these desires are separated from their object (to be the writer of what, to be the mother of whom?), the more they seem to represent not the reaching out of creativity but the inward obstinacy of personal will.
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Matthew Macfadyen captured the dignity, kindness and obstinacy of the businessman Henry Wilcox; Hayley Atwell and Philippa Coulthard gave engaging, intelligent readings of the highly principled Schlegel sisters (though it was hard not to judge them against the memorable performances of Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter in the 1992 film).
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Indeed Kroff entered the office in the sidelong manner in which he enters the seminar room, as if he were looking in two directions at once, like a creature with eyes on either side of its head; you have wondered if perhaps he has some sort of neurological impairment, though it could also be just ordinary clumsiness, a kind of obstinacy.
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