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This speech titled 2007.05.13.interview_with_tim_russert_on_nbc_news_meet_the_press originally had 10065 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 226 cue terms and an average lag of 41.0. You can see the original speech or the tokenized/stemmed speech with overlaying cue-lags.

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# Cue term Lag before term Posterior distribution
Restart ∑Left Center ∑Right
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
0.000597 0.000199 0.662
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.84
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✓
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✗
0.000199 0 0.976
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.997
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.999
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.988
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.992
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.993
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.999
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.996
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.996
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✓
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✗
0 0 0.996
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✓
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✓
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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✗
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