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988:–
984:–
955:–
892:SN
881:SA
870:SR
844:–
820:–
800:¹
796:–
683:–
660:–
640:¹
636:–
580:–
436:e
429:t
422:v
246:(
120:)
114:(
109:)
105:(
95:·
88:·
81:·
74:·
57:.
43:.
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