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The Lives of Great Men Radio Program Log
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38-10-15 |
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38-10-15 New York Times
7:45-WEAF--John Hay Centennial Program: Speakers, Henry Monsky, President B'nai B'rith; John D. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education
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38-10-22 |
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Socrates: Teacher and Martyr |
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38-10-22 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men." a series of educational talks on great leaders in human progress presented by Dr. Edward Howard Griggs, distinguished lecturer, critic and author, will be heard every Saturday, from 7:45 to 8:00 p. m. over WEAF starting this
Saturday.
The talks will combine to make a story of civilization based on outstanding characters thru the ages and how each one influenced his own-and future times.
Subjects of the first four broadcasts will be, "Socrates-Teacher and Martyr," "Aurelius and the Sunset of Ancient Rome," "Theodoric the Great the Defeated Dream," and "St. Francis of Assisi and the Spiritual Awakening of the Middle Age.
38-10-22 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Dr. Edward Howard Griggs, lecturer, critic, author and head of the department of philosophy at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, will conduct a series of educational talks on great leaders in human progress over WEAF every Saturday starting today. The series entitled "Lives of Great Men" will be heard at 7:45 p.m. The talks will combine to make a story of civilization based on outstanding characters through the ages and how each one influenced his own and future times.
38-10-22 New York Times
7:45-WEAF--Socrates--Teacher and Martyr--Dr. E. H. Griggs
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38-10-29 |
2
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Marcus Aurelius: The Sunset of Ancient Rome |
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38-10-29 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men."
38-10-29 New York Times
7:45-WEAF--Lives of Great Men--Edward H. Griggs, Lecturer
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38-11-05 |
3
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Theodoric the Great: The Defeated Dream |
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38-11-05 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men."
38-11-05 New York Times
7:45-WEAF--Socrates, Teacher and Martyr--Dr. Edward H. Griggs, Lecturer
38-11-05 Harrisburg Evening News
Third in Dr. Edward H. Griggs' series of broadcasts on "Lives of Great Men" at 7:45 over the WEAF network will concern Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths.
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38-11-12 |
4
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St Francis of Assisi: The Spiritual Awakening of The Middle Age |
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38-11-12 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men," WEAF
38-11-12 New York Times
7:45-WEAF--St. Francis of Assisi and Spiritual Awakening of the Middle Age--Edward H. Griggs, Lecturer
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38-11-19 |
5
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Dante Alighieri: Supreme Interpreter of The Medieval World |
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[Announcer states Dante is the second program in the series.]
38-11-19 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men," WEAF
38-11-19 New York Times - 7:45-WEAF--Dante--Edward H. Griggs, Lecturer
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38-11-26 |
6
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Girolamo Savonarola: Moral Prophet of The Renaissance |
Y
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38-11-26 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men," WEAF
38-11-26 New York Times
7:45-WEAF--Savonarola: Moral Prophet of the Renaissance--Dr. Edward H. Griggs, Lecturer
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38-12-03 |
7
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Leonardo da Vinci: Mastermind of The Renaissance |
Y
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38-12-03 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men," WEAF
38-12-03 New York Times
7:45-WEAF--Leonardo Da Vinci--Dr. Edward H. Griggs
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38-12-10 |
8
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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus: Humanism and The Reformation |
Y
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38-12-10 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men," WEAF
38-12-10 Harrisburg Evening News
THE SUBJECT of Dr. Edward H. Griggs' talk on the Lives of Great Men at 7:45 will be Desiderius Erasmus, Fifteenth Century Dutch Scolor and theologian. Doctor Griggs' series of talks are aired via the WEAF chain.
38-12-10 New York Times
7:45-WEAF--Erasmus: Humanism and the Reformation--Dr. Edward H. Griggs
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38-12-17 |
9
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Giordano Bruno: The Martyr of Science |
Y
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38-12-17 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men," WEAF
38-12-17 New York Times
7:45-WEAF--Giordano Bruno: The Martyr of Science--Dr. Edward H. Griggs
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38-12-24 |
10
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William Shakespeare: Unifier of the English-Speaking World |
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[From WTAM Cleveland]
38-12-24 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men"
38-12-24 Wisconsin State Journal
6:45 p.m.--Lives of Great Men (WCFL): "Shakespeare: Unifier of the English-Speaking World."
38-12-24 New York Times - 7:45-WEAF--Shakespeare--Dr. E.H. Griggs, Author
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38-12-31 |
11
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Baruch Spinoza: Philospher of The Eternal |
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[Announces a New Year's message]
38-12-31 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men"
38-12-31 New York Times - 7:45-WEAF--Spinoza--Dr. E.H. Griggs
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39-01-07 |
12
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Voltaire: Intellectual Leader of the 18th Century |
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39-01-07 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men."
39-01-07 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Voltiare--Dr. E.H. Griggs
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39-01-14 |
13
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Benjamin Franklin: Schoolmaster of the American Colonies |
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39-01-14 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men."
39-01-13 Provo Daily Herald
SATURDAY 5:30 NBC Lives of Great Men--"Benjamin Franklin."
39-01-14 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Franklin--Dr. E.H. Griggs
39-01-14 Salt Lake Tribune
P.M.
5:30--NBC--Lives of Great Men--Benjanim Franklin, Schoolmaster of the American Colonies
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39-01-21 |
14
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Goethe |
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39-01-21 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men."
39-01-21 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Goethe--Dr. E.H. Griggs
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39-01-28 |
15
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Washington |
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39-01-28 Lima News
"Lives of Great Men."
39-01-28 New York Times - 7:30-WEAF--Washington--Dr. E.H. Griggs
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39-02-04 |
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Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher of Democracy |
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39-02-04 Harrisburg Evening News
The second series of brief sketches on "Lives Of Great Men" by Dr. Edward Howard Griggs, lecturer and author, will open this evening at 7:30 over the WEAF network. His first series of thirteen lectures will be published in book form shortly.
39-02-04 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Jefferson--Dr. E.H. Griggs
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39-02-11 |
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Hamilton: The Making of Our Government
Jefferson |
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39-02-11 Harrisburg Evening News
"Hamilton, and the Making of Our Government" will be the subject of Dr. Edward H. Griggs' talk on the Lives of Great Men at 7:30 o'clock over the WEAF network.
39-02-11 New York Times
Pope Pius--Rt. Rev. Fulton J. Sheen: Choristers
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39-02-18 |
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Hamilton
Victor Hugo |
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39-02-18 Appleton Post-Crescent
Victor Hugo will be the subject on tonight's "Lives of Great Men" program at 6:30 over WCFL. Hugo, son of an officer in Napoleon's army, received a classical education, led the new romantic movement in literature, distinguished himself as dramatist, poet and novelist. He wrote "Les Miserables," great masterpiece of French fiction.
39-02-18 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Hamilton--Dr. E. H. Griggs
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39-02-25 |
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Victor Hugo |
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39-02-25 Appleton Post-Crescent
Thomas Carlyle will be the subject on Lives of Great Men program at 6:30 over WCFL. Scottish born and educated at Edinburgh university, Carlyle exhibited early in life a tremendous capacity for study, results of which were evident in his writing career. He is famous for opening the field of German thought to English readers, for his own philosophic works and for his profound interpretation of contemporary and historical events.
39-02-25 New York Times - 7:30-WEAF--Victor Hugo--Dr. E.H. Griggs
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39-03-04 |
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Emerson: Spirtual Leaderhip In Democracy |
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39-03-04 Appleton Post-Crescent
Ralph Waldo Emerson will be the subject of "Lives of Great Men" program at 6:30 over WCFL. Descended from a line of New England clergymen, Emerson was a pioneer of American Culture and intellectual idealism. With men like Thoreau, Hawthorne and Alcott, he upheld ethical and spiritual values in a new and relatively barren civilization.
39-03-04 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Carlyle--Dr. E. H. Griggs
Announces Lee: The American Warrior" as next
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39-03-11 |
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Lee: The American Warrior |
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39-03-11 Appleton Post-Crescent
Robert E. Lee will be the subject on "Lives of Great Men" program at 6:30 over WCFL. One of the few Civil war heroes recognized by northerners and southerners alike, he disiplayed a rare combination of military genius, humane conduct and old-fashioned gallantry.
39-03-11 New York Times - 7:30-WEAF--Emerson--Dr. E. H. Griggs
Announces "Lincoln: The Prophetic American" as next
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39-03-18 |
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Lee |
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39-03-18 New York Times - 7:30-WEAF--Lee--Dr. E. H. Griggs
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39-03-25 |
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prophetic American |
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[From WTAM Cleveland]
39-03-24 Long Island Daily Press
The "Lives of Great Men" episode for tomorrow is titled "Lincoln, the Prophetic American."
39-03-25 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Lincoln--Dr. E. H. Griggs
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39-04-01 |
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Robert Browning: The Friend of The Spirit |
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39-04-01 New York Times - 7:30-WEAF--Browning--Dr. E. H. Griggs
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39-04-08 |
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Leo Tolstoy: Moral Leadership in Mysterious Russia |
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39-04-08 Appleton Post-Crescent
Count Leo Tolstoy, considered one of Russia's greatest men, will be the subject on "Lives of Great Men" program at 6:30 over WTMJ. Surmounting hte arrogrnce and reaction of the nobility to which he belonged, he became, through his writings, a mighty force for the moral and political regeneration of his country. His best works are "Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace."
39-04-08 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Tolstoy--Dr. E. H. Griggs
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39-04-15 |
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Henrik Johan Ibsen: Psychologist and Critic of Modern Society |
Y
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39-04-15 Appleton Post-Crescent
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet and dramatist, will be the subject on "Lives of Great Men" program at 6:30 over WTMJ. His work marks the most conspicuous turning-point in the history of modern drama.
39-04-15 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Ibsen--Dr. E. H. Griggs
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39-04-22 |
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Woodrow Wilson: Democracy In World Relations |
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39-04-22 Salt Lake Tribune
4 :30 NBC Lives of Great Men
39-04-22 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Wilson--Dr. E. H. Griggs
39-04-22 Harrisburg Evening News
THE political career of Woodrow Wilson will be reviewed in a talk by Edward Howard Griggs during the "Lives of Great Men" program over WEAF network at 7:30 this evening.
Announces Radio Open House Week
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39-04-29 |
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Rudyard Kipling: Interpreter of The British Empire |
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39-04-29 Salt Lake Tribune
4 :30 NBC Lives of Great Men
39-04-29 Harrisburg Evening News
Rudyard Kipling, the Englislh poet and author, will be the subject for Dr. Edward Howard Griggs on the latter's "Lives of Great Men" program over WEAF at 7:30.
39-04-29 New York Times - 7:30-WEAF--Kipling--Dr. E. H. Griggs
39-04-29 Lima News
Rudyard Kipling, who could see little in America that was good, but whose blind spot in this direction did not prevent his being recognized here as well as in Britain as one of the world's outstanding literary figures, will be the subject of Dr. Edward Howard Griggs' broadcast on the Lives of Great Men over WEAF Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Griggs will describe Kipling's boyhood and life in India, his visits to America, and the reasons which led him to turn against this country. He also will discuss the strange fact that Kipling never was named Poet Laureate of England, despite the fact no other poet of his time approximated him in interpreting his country and its empire, or received such world-wide recognition.
Announces "Pierre Loti: The Sensitive Dreamer As Child and Man" as next
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39-05-06 |
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Pierre Loti: The Sensitive Dreamer As Child and Man |
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[ Close truncated]
39-05-06 Salt Lake Tribune
4 :30 NBC Lives of Great Men of Pierre Loti.
39-05-06 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Chesterton--Dr. E. H. Griggs |
39-05-13 |
30
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William Butler Yeats: The Poetry of Ireland |
Y
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39-05-13 Salt Lake Tribune
4 :30NBC"Lives of Great Men." William Butler Yeats.
39-05-13 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Yeats and Poetry of Ireland--Dr. E. H. Griggs
Announces "G.K. Chesterton: A Modern Man of Letters" as next
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39-05-20 |
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G.K. Chesterton: A Modern Man of Letters |
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39-05-20 Salt Lake Tribune
4 :30NBC"Lives of Great Men."
39-05-20 Harrisburg Evening News
Dr. Edward Howard Griggs will discuss the life of G.K. Chesterton, British author and lecturer, on his "Lives of Great Men" program over WEAF at 7:30.
39-05-20 New York Times - 7:30-WEAF--Chesterton--Dr. E. H. Griggs
Announces "Walt Whitman: Poet of Democracy" as next
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39-05-27 |
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Walt Whitman: Poet of Democracy |
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39-05-27 San Antonio Express
Walt Whitman's Life Story
To Be Told Over Radio Tonight
THE life and works of the famous American poet, Walt Whitman, will be discussed by Dr. Edward Howard Griggs during the Lives of Great Men broadcast this evening at 5:30 o'clock over the NBC Red and WOAI. Whitman's poetry has caused more comment and controversy than perhaps any other American poet.
39-05-27 Illinois State Journal
Described Life Of Whitman--The life and works of Walt Whitman, poet, will be discussed by Dr. Edward Howard Griggs during the Lives of Great Men broadcast at 5:30 p.m. today over WCFL. Doctor Griggs will have as his subject "Walt Whitman: Poet of Democracy."
39-05-27 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Life of Walt Whitman--Dr. E. H. Griggs
Announces "Edwin Markham: American Ideals" as next
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39-06-03 |
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Edwin Markham: American Ideals |
Y
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[ Announces "The last in the series" ]
39-06-03 Salt Lake Tribune
4 :30NBC"Lives of Great Men."
39-06-03 Illinois State Journal
Discusses Markham's Life
Charles Edwin Markham, American poet, will be the subject of a talk by Dr. Edward Howard Griggs on the Lives of Great Men program at 5:30 today over WCFL.
39-06-03 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Life of Edwin Markham--Dr. E. H. Griggs
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39-06-10 |
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39-06-10 Salt Lake Tribune
4 :30NBC"Lives of Great Men."
39-06-10 New York Times
7:30-WEAF--Miller Orchestra
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