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In keeping with
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Anthropology. In 1973, Castaneda purchased a compound on Pandora Avenue in Westwood, Los Angeles, and soon after Abelar (she was still known as Maryann Simko at this time), along with
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magazine published photos of Regine Thal doing karate exercises. In the article, Abelar is called "Anna Marie Carter".
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