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1728:2001
1723:1970
1718:1963
1713:1958
1698:1945
1682:1956
1677:1951
1662:1945
1657:1936
1652:1934
1647:1932
1642:1928
1637:1924
1632:1919
1627:1914
1622:1910
1617:1906
1612:1902
1607:1898
1602:1893
1597:1889
1592:1885
1587:1881
1582:1879
1577:1871
1572:1849
1567:1848
1549:2022
1544:2014
1539:2009
1534:2002
1529:1996
1510:2022
1505:2014
1500:2009
1495:2002
1490:1996
1473:2024
1467:2022
1462:2017
1457:2012
1452:2007
1447:2001
1442:1998
1437:1993
1432:1988
1427:1983
1422:1978
1417:1973
1412:1968
1407:1963
1402:1959
1397:1957
1392:1952
1387:1946
1382:1934
1377:1928
1372:1924
1367:1920
1362:1919
1357:1917
1352:1915
1347:1913
1342:1911
1337:1909
1332:1907
1327:1905
1322:1903
1317:1901
1312:1899
1307:1897
1302:1895
1297:1893
1292:1891
1287:1889
1282:1887
1277:1885
1272:1883
1267:1881
1262:1879
1244:2024
1239:2019
1234:2012
1229:2007
1224:2000
1219:1993
1214:1988
1209:1983
1204:1978
1199:1973
1194:1968
1189:1963
1010:0.59
959:5.28
940:0.58
919:0.71
898:0.80
877:0.91
856:0.92
835:4.05
814:3.68
531:2022
526:2017
513:2024
507:2019
265:New
247:New
226:New
163:−83
142:New
121:+63
50:2007
40:1998
1525:...
982:–20
979:120
904:New
883:New
862:New
799:–83
778:New
757:+63
739:PSD
727:+/–
289:PIT
271:RND
232:PPC
205:−2
184:−8
169:URD
160:10
139:11
127:AFP
118:89
99:+/–
1750::
1086:^
1061:^
841:–2
820:–8
796:10
775:11
754:89
580:/
566::
418::
301:0
298:1
283:0
280:1
262:1
244:1
223:1
202:2
181:3
1158:e
1151:t
1144:v
965:–
962:0
946:0
943:1
925:0
922:1
901:1
880:1
859:1
838:2
817:3
745:)
741:–
737:(
721:%
652:e
645:t
638:v
91:%
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