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1124:Schmidt
1104:Den Uyl
924:Italics
413:Marxism
276:Austria
1442:Michel
1384:Merkel
1319:Chirac
1279:Bruton
1259:Chirac
1239:Cavaco
1204:Santer
1149:Werner
1394:Janša
1369:Blair
1354:Ahern
1334:Aznar
1299:Klima
1294:Blair
1274:Prodi
1244:Major
1199:Craxi
1134:Lynch
1099:Thorn
1437:Tusk
1269:Dini
1179:Kohl
1094:Moro
407:and
256:Born
1284:Kok
358:OMV
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352:,
274:,
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1053:t
1046:v
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