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Irish, S’ have long traditionMSU vs. N otre Dame!These two football team s,

backed with all their long and fam ous traditions, will clash again Saturday in the latest gam e of MSU's oldest series.

Since 1897. when Michigan A gricultural College took its place on N otre D am e's sched­ule alongside such football "pow ers as Rush Medical School. Chicago D ental Sur­gery and St. V iator, the team s have played 33 hard-fought football gam es.

Although the gam e has chang­ed greatly since the days when a touchdown counted four points and a field goal counted five, this rivalry has reta ined its sam e high quality. A sellout

for each gam e is v irtually assured.

M.A.C. had a rough tim e in the early years of the se r­ies. N otre D am e won the first gam e 34-6 on a Thanksgiving Day. and went on to win the firs t eight gam es.

However, the firs t tim e that the gam e w as played on the Aggies home field in 1910. the Aggies won.

Things could have been worse in those days, thoueh. In 1905. when the Irish d em o lish ed A m erican M edical 142-0. M A C. only lost 28-0.

In 1920. the S partans w ere the only team on N otre D am e's schedule that did not have to face George Gipp. Gipp. one of

the m ost revered N otre Dame traditions, contracted a fatal illness less than a week before the gam e.

The loss of Gipp couldn't stop the Irish, however, w'ho defeated the Spartans in E ast Lansing. 25-0.

In 1921. a Knute R ockne- coached team ran up 48 points against the Spartans to close out a successful 10-1 season.

O utclassed, the S partans end­ed their series with the Irish and the two schools d idn 't m eet again until 1948.

MSU A thletic D irector Big­gie Munn said that N otre Dame w as a big help in getting MSU into the big tim e. During the 1940 s. the S partans w ere look­ing for nam e schools to add to the ir schedule.

N otre D am e brought in one of their best team s ever to play the S partans in 1949. and. ex­cep t for a one year break , the two team s have engaged in

their annual battle ever since. In the gam es since 1949. the ,o-called m odern series, the Spartans hold * 12-5 serieslead.

After 26-7 and 34-21 losses, the Munn-coached S partans in 1950 dropped N otre D am e on the Irish 's home sod. 36-34.

Munn called the S partans' f irs t m odern win over the Irish the m o s t ' exciting foot­ball gam e tha t he had ever seen.

There a re alw ays m any s ta ­tis tics to quote concerning the two team s. In the overall se r­ies. the Fighting Irish have won 18 gam es, the S partans have won 14. and there has been one tie That now fam ous tie occurred in 1966 in the "P o ll B o w l"

Both team s w ere undefeat­ed and battling for the national title when thev m et la te in the season in E ast Lansing._________

The Irish w ere in possession late in the gam e and elected to let the tie stand ra th e r than go for the score, and people have been talking about it ever sm ce.

The vaunted Spartan defense once held N otre D am e to a total gain of 12 yards, and MSU has beaten the Irish m ore tim es than any other team except I ur- due.

On the o ther hand, Notre D am e has defeated the Spar­tans m ore often than anyone except the U niversity of Mich­igan.

Because of this g rea t com ­petition between the schools, the S partans consider Notre D am e one of their best friends and schedule them in all sports.

The friendship m ay get tense for a few hours on Saturday, but once the gam e is over and tem pers have cooled the friendly rivalry will be resum ed once m ore. ________

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T O M B R O W N

I’d rather be red

than root for Ara

With few exceptions, the MSU football fan is a mild, accom ­m odating soul.

F or nine weeks every fall, the Spartan booster speaks highly of the opposition, agrees tha t the other coach is the sa lt of the ea rth and allows that anyone that cheers for the other team , while perhaps som ew hat m isguided, is a de­cen t law-abiding God fearing person.

And then the S partans play the Irish of N otre Dame.

Not even a "G o Blue" bum ­per sticker can cause the sus­picion and m is tru s t tha t ac­com panies the glim pse of a N otre D am e sw eatshirt.

Although Biggie Munn and Duffy D augherty can say that the ir relationship with Notre D am e is s tr ic tly top-draw er. N otre Dam e Head Coach Ara Parseghian couldn 't win a pop­u larity contest in E as t Lans­ing with the Boston S trangler.

It d idn 't used to be tha t bad. G ranted the re w as little love for the Irish when it cam e down to a th le tic m a tte rs , but no less than in the case of the U nivers­ity of Michigan.

That w as the situation until 1966 anyway.

The now fam ous 10-10 tie w as the end of the 1966 sea­son for the Spartans. The green giants tried everything they knew short of digging a tunnel in an a ttem p t to crack the Irish goal.

But the Irish, with 10-10 on the board, elected to sit it out.

While the AP sportsw riters disagreed, the U PI coaches adm ired the S partans' winning sp irit and on Tuesday announc­ed th a t the S partans w ere No. 1 in the country.

But Ara held the final a c e - a gam e with Southern Calif­ornia.

Although a big-nam e foot­ball power, the post-Mike G ar­re tt , pre-O.J. Simpson 1966 T rojans w ere vastly over­m atched against the Irish.

In a deadly a rra y of offensive m ight, the Irish blasted the USC. leaving a tra il of sh a tte r­ed T rojans and awed sports­w rite rs in the ir wake.

The South Bend sc ream s of "W e’re No. 1” em anating from South Bend the following Tues­day have never been forgotten.

Or forgiven.Mention the " W e re No. 1"

Moses or the "Touchdown" Je su s tha t overlooks the stad­ium from the N otre Dam e lib rary and ju s t w atch the tem p era tu re s soar.

N otre D am e m ay be the darlings of the subway set, but Spartan fans would take the Soviet Union over the Irish if they ever m et in foot­ball.

Against the Irish, the Viet Cong would be an off the board pick in E as t Lansing.

Anti-American, you say?Maybe so, but I'd ra th e r be

red than root for the Irish.

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A R A T H E A S T R O N A U T ?

F o o t b a l l c o n f u s e s c o e d s

By PAM BOYCE State News Sports W riter

If a popularity poll w as taken today in MSU's coed dorm itor­ies, it s a sure bet th a t Ara Parseghian . N otre D am e 's il­lustrious football coach, would not be in the Top Ten.

Nobody has ever heard of him.In a survey- conducted on

cam pus this week, testing var­ious fem ales ' knowledge about the pigskin sport, only four girls surveyed had ever heard of the Irish coach.

He should not lose heart though. Several girls ventured guesses as to who 1964's coach of the year was.

"H e sounds like som e kind of an a th le te ." one g irl said.

" Isn ’t he a rac e c a r d riv e r?" asked another.

"Y eah, I ’ve heard of him. He w as a Russian astronaut, w asn’t he?”

P arsegh ian ’s top duo of J im Seym our and T erry H anratty fared even worse. Only three g irls knew who both of them were.

Spartan quarterback Bill T rip le tt should be glad to hear th a t “ he sounds like a football p lay er.”

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T rip lett w as recognized by a m ajo rity of the girls.

Confusion reigned as to the num ber of football p layers allowed on the playing field while a gam e is being played. Less than half realized that only 22 a re norm ally on the field a t the sam e tim e-m o st of the o thers thought it was e ith er 18 o r 30.

When it cam e to the ques­tion of a “ fa ir ca tch ,” m ost of the girls questioned w ere slightly hazy on the technical aspects of the te rm . A few did realize it is when the punt receiver ra ise s his a rm , catches the punt and is free from being tackled by the op­posing team .

"A fa ir ca tch is exactly w hat it says it is-w hen the ball is caught fa irly ,” one sophom ore said.

“ I think it 's when the quar­terback throw s thfe ball and no one tack les h im ,” another ven­tured.

A punt w as described by one freshm an as the m ovem ent of the ball a couple of yards by pushing it w ith the foot, but not kicking it.

The inquiry to receive the m ost responses w as “ Why do you go to a football g am e?” A few w ent because they en­joyed the band, o thers w ent to socialize, because everybody else goes or because the spirit is so great.

“ I like to w atch the guys get cream ed ,” one avid sports fan said.

“ Why do I go to a football gam e? Because I like to see Ed McCloud p lay ,” giggled anoth-

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Pro-like Irish invade stadiumBy GARY WALKOWICZ State News Sports W riter

F or those who m ay be won­dering. the football team thatMSU m eets on Saturday is not a professional team : it ju st looks like one.

N otre D am e renew s its now- classie rivalry with MSU in a nationally televised contest beginning a t 1:35 p.m. S atur­day.

m ake the Dallvs Cowboys en­vious and their defensive line a t least in size, can m atch many pro team s.

The fifth-ranked Irish go intoThe Irish field is s tric tly the gam e as a 13-point favorite

an am ateu r team , but have a and with a 4-1 record for the high-scoring offense th a t would season.

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N otre D am e 's only loss was a wild 37-22 a ffa ir against Purdue while their victories have been over Oklahoma (45-21). Iowa (27-7), and Illinois (58-8).

"T his is as fine an offensive team as ever carr.e out of South Bend." MSU Coach Duffy Daugherty said. "They have a g rea t balance between their running and passing .''

The N otre D a n e offense has been average 5-?9 yards per gam e in to tal ohense, a figure bolstered by a team record 673 yards that t ip Irish gained against Illinois last week. Three Irish b a c k ; have already rushed for over 2 y yards.

"W e don t have any break­aw ay speed in our backfield. but we do have ; ome good con­sisten t ground g liners, " Notre D am e Coach A a Parseghian said.

"Bob Gladieux is a very un­derra ted r u n n e r" Parseghian added. "H e can both elude tack lers and break tackles well. Our strong-rush ing gam e has really helped to open up our passing a ttac^ "

Halfback Gladieux leads the Irish in rushing with 300 yards and is the num ber two pass receiver, w ith 22 passes for 258 yards.

Jeff Z im m errpan and Ron Dushney split - the fullback duties. Z im m erm an has gained 273 yards and Dushney has 258 yards and ¡j 6.8 per ca rry average.

Although spliv end J im Sey­m our with 25 catches this year is the No. 1 ta rg e t for q u arte r­back T erry Ha dr a tty , the Irish also throw a tot to tight end J im W inegardner and flanker Coley O 'Brien.

Defensively. N otre D am e has given up over 100 points this year, but only 15 in its last two outings.

"T he Irish lefense is gett­ing tougher ill the tim e.

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D augherty said. “ Some team s have had success passing against them , but they’re very tough to run against. ’

N otre D am e’s pro-size de­fensive line averages 246 pounds per man.

The biggest Irishm en of them all is left tackle Mike McCoy. McCoy, a junior All-American candidate, stands 6’5” and weighs 275 pounds. Bob Kuech- enberg (245), E ric Norri (245 and Chick Lauck (225) round out the front four.

The Irish linebacking corps averages a hefty 221 pounds and is headed by Bob Olson, another candidate for post­season honors.

In the defensive backfield a re John G asser, Chuck Zloch, and Don Reid.

"N o tre D am e’s deep backs a re young, but they’re well- coached," MSU End Coach Cal Stoll said. “ They'll give us a rough b a ttle ."

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FO R E M A N SO U R S FOES

Sweet1 a treat fo r 'S’ passers

Moving outS p a rta n end F ra n k F o re m a n tu r n s on th e speed a f te r c a tc h in g one o f h is r e c o rd t ie in g seven p a sse s a g a in s t M in n e s o ta la s t S a tu rd a y . The n u m b e r t ie d Gene W ash ­in g to n s o ld s c h o o l c o n fe re n c e m a rk .

S ta te N ew s pho to by Bob Iv in s

W hat's happened to P urdue? Or has the B oilerm aker alum ni's favorite coach. " F a t J a c k " Mollenkopf, once again dem onstra­ted his inability to win the big gam e.

Following the B o ilerm aker's defeat by Ohio S tate . Purdue went flat last week and narrow ly got by Wake F o rest. Leroy Keyes fum bled six tim es--a figure th a t would even be im pressive on the MSU team . This week. P urdue faces Iowa, and if the rotund coach from Convoy. Ohio can t get his team up. the B oilerm akers could fall to the rapidly im proving Hawks.

If Woody Hayes can sustain enough en thusiasm to get his sca rle t and gray team into C ham paign 's M em orial S tadium , the Buckeyes should have little trouble w ith the im poten t Mini.

The Big Ten crow n could go to the w inner of M ichigan's Hom e­com ing clash w ith M innesota. The W olverines’ only rem aining opponent of significance is Ohio S tate. M innesota m ust face Indi­ana and Purdue, however.

The Spartans a ttem p t to put together everything they 've done righ t so far aga inst N otre D am e. The: Irish a re big offensively and have size in the defensive forw ard wall. The secondary, how­ever. could be the Spartans happy hunting ground.

S atu rday’s G am es OHIO STATE (4-0) a t ILLINOIS (0-5) -A trad itional trouble spot

for the Buckeyes should prove no problem this year. P ick: Ohio S tate, by 21.

ARIZONA (4-0) a t INDIANA <3-2)-The H oosiers bounce back. P ick: Ind iana .by 14.

IOWA (2-3) a t PU R D U E (4-1)-Leroy is recovering from the flu. but Iow a's best chance would be bubonic plague in W est Lafay­ette . P ick: Purdue, by 17.

MINNESOTA (3-2) a t MICHIGAN (4-1 »-The W olverines have too m uch cha rac te r. P ick: M ichigan, by three.

WISCONSIN (0-5) a t NORTHW ESTERN (0 -5 )-Com pared to the com pany the W ildcats have been keeping, the B adgers a re w elcom e guests in Dyche Stadium . P ick: N orthw estern , by 14.

NOTRE DAME (4-1) a t MSU (3-2)—If the S partans can hold on to the ball. MSU could notch an im pressive upset Saturday. P ic k : MSU. bv one--whv plav the percen tages all the tim e.

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By GARY WALKOWICZ S tate News Sports W riter

When ‘Sw eet’ is on the ball things a re ap t to go sour for MSU’s football opponents.

‘Sweet’ also known as Frank F orem an, MSU’s tigh t end, had the best day of his college c a ree r against M innesota last Saturday.

F orem an caught seven pass­es for 124 yards and two touch­downs in MSU’s loss to the Gophers. His catch to tal tied an MSU record for a Big Ten gam e and the 124 .yards set a Spartan conference m ark.

This perform ance earned F orem an Spartan-of the-Week honors.

" I w asn 't getting open any b e tte r against M innesota," Forem an said, “they w ere ju s t throwing m e the ball m ore .’’

"T ha t w as our gam e plan, to throw to our tight end,” MSU End Coach Cal Stoll said. “ F orem an w as catching every­thing th a t w as thrown to h im .”

P rio r to Saturday, F orem an had caught only six passes for the year and ju s t 16 in his Spartan career.

One of F o rem an ’s big as­se ts as a receiver is his ability to pick up yardage a f te r catching the ball with his halfback-like running abil­ity.

“ The only tim e I ran with the ball in high school w as re ­turning punts,” F orem an said. “ I guess I ju s t learned to run by playing football in the s tre e ts .”

Forem an shares the usual receivers penchant for ca tch­ing passes.

" I would ra th e r play split end than tight end because you have m ore passesthrow n a t you,” Forem an said. “ I don’t m ind the blocking you have to do a t tight end, though. About the only guy who’s really given m e any trouble this y ea r is Bob Stein of M innesota.”

Stoll believes tha t F o rem an’s big gam e against M inneso ta. will open up the Spartan pass­ing gam e m ore now th a t op­ponents know tha t they can ’t concentra te on ju s t stopping A1 Brenner.

“ Our four m an receiving corps (F orem an Brenner, Gordon Bowdell. and Charlie W edem eyer) is as fine a group of receivers as I can ever re ­m em ber having here ,” Stoll said.

“ They’re all excellent pass ca tchers and have shown lots of im provem ent as the season has p rogressed .”

Bowdell does not s ta r t but gets a lot of playing tim e by replacing B renner a t sp lit end and W edem eyer a t flanker.

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B renner plays two ways and re s ts som etim es when MSU has the ball. W etiem eyer’s size hu rts him on som e pass p a t­terns.

“ W edem eyer’s got rea l fine hands, but on pass plays over the m iddle, i t ’s a lot easie r to get a 6 1 ” m an than som e­one who’s 5’6” because the passes often have to go over som e linebackers,” Stoll add­ed.

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Booters on road Saturday, meet arch-rival St. Louis

By PAM BOYCE S tate News Sports W riter

The Spartan soccer team trave ls to St. Louis this week­end to m eet the Billikens in w hat could be one of the best gam es of this 'collegiate soccer season.

The Spartans. 7-1. and the Billikens. 7-0. a re the 1967 NCAA- co-cham pions in soccer

a fte r battling in a heavy rain for one half of last y ea r 's tour­nam ent gam e.

The S partans will have their work cut out for them when they face the Missouri team which has won five national titles and shared one since they sta rted playing soccer in 1959. MSU has one win. four ties and six losses with the Billikens.

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A S t . L o u i s p l a y e r h e a d s t h e b a l l d e s p i t e t h e e f f o r t s o f a S p a r t a n b o o t e r d u r i n g l a s t y e a r ’ s 3 - 3 t i e .

St. Louis has scored 23 goals this season and held the opposi­tion to three. MSU. which had a 33-game winning streak broken last weekend by the Akron Zips, has scored 60 goals and held its opponents to four.

Spartan Coach Gene Kenney describes the St. Louis team as having a "very fine forw ard line and defense." He is par­ticularly concerned with John Pizani. who has scored six goals this season, and Chuck Zeller, who has tallied four.

A1 T rost will also be w atched by the Spartans. T rost has scored six tim es for the Billi­kens.

St. Louis will be playing with nine of the 11 men who w ere on the ir cham pionship team last year, while MSU will be s ta r t­ing only four from last year. Kenney is particu larly con­cerned about the in juries in­curred by his team this season.

E rn ie Tuchscherer-. who re ­injured an ankle operated on last spring, is a doubtful play-, e r in S atu rday 's gam e. Tommy K reft. who scored the only goal against Akron last weekend w as injured in the gam e and will be unable to play f°r th ree weeks. Les Lucas, back-up goalie. Tuesday rein jured the sam e shouldern he hurt last year, and will also be out for th ree weeks.

"Our defense has to be the sparpest it has ever been if we a re going to win this w eekend." Kenney said.

■'Wfc had a rea l good sc rim ­m age-Tuesday. and I know the boys will be up for the gam e with S t. Louis," the Spartan coach added.

S aturday 's soccer gam e with the S;t. Louis Billikins will be broac-cast by WMSN a t 3 p.m.

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S atu rday 's gam e w ith St. Louis University has a special significance for the nine m em ­bers of the Spartan soccer team who hail from St. Louis.

Aside from perhaps being their- hardest contest, the an­nual gam e w ith the Billikens is the highlight of the season for the St. Louis natives for it m eans facing friends and form er high school team m ates.

Seniors defensem an T erry Sanders and goalie Joe Baum will face St. Louis for the last tim e in regu lar season com pet­ition but outside left Tommy K reft will m iss the gam e due to a broken cheekbone suffer­ed in last w eek 's gam e with Akron.

Junior defensem an Dennis Boles and soph, halfback Buzz Demling a re also s ta rte rs . Boles. Sanders and Baum are key m em bers of the defense which has allowed only four goals all season.

Juniors Nick A rcher and John Zensen and sophom ores Kevin Boles and John Hauska hope to see action also.

A tenth m em ber from St. Louis, senior B arry Tiem ann will w atch the gam e from the sidelines as a »•««-»♦ - r

ken leg suffered in spring practice . He is expected to re tu rn in a sta rtin g role next year.

The team is hoping to re ­bound from la st w eek 's loss to Akron and can think of no b e tte r way to do it than by a win before the fans in St. Louis, but goalie Baum stated that the team would have to play b e tte r than they did against Akron.

"P lay ing in St. Louis alw ays brings out a little ex tra in the guys who grew up h ere ," Baum said.

The desire to bea t their friends and old team m ates be­fore the hometown fans a t St. Louis is especially keen this year since the two team s have tied in their la s t th ree m eet­ings. Seniors Baum. K reft and Sanders have yet to play on a victorious Spartan team against St. Louis.

The team has one m ore re a ­son to win th is y e a r 's gam e.

"A ll other things aside, w e d like this one for Gene Kenney. A fter those la s t th ree gam es, he w ants a win against St. Louis as bad as we do ." San­ders said.

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IN V IT A T IO N A L F A V O R S BR O N CO S

'S’ harriers travel to O ak landBy DON KOPRIVA

State News Sports W riter Coach J im G ibbard and the

MSU cross country squad will place their unblem ished record on the line Saturday in the third annual Oakland Invitational a t Rochester.

The Spartans go into the m eet as definite Big Ten title con­tenders with a 4-0 dual record, but perennially powerful West­ern Michigan is favored for top honors in the m eet.

Coach G eorge D ales' Bron­cos took second in a 17-team

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S o p h s J o h n M o c k ( 2 6 ) a n d D a n S i m e c k f i g u r e t o b e k e y p e r f o r m e r s i n M S U ’ s d r i v e t o w a r d t h e B i g T e n c r o s s c o u n t r y t i t l e . B o t h h a v e b e e n i n s t r u m e n t a l i n b r i n g i n g t h e S p a r t a n s t o t h e i r 4 - 0 d u a l m e e t r e c o r d .

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N otre D am e Invitational two w eeks back without the services of Mike Hazilla, one of the bet­te r long d istance runners in the U.S.

G ibbard expects E astern M ichigan, a Spartan victim last Saturday, to im prove as well as Michigan, which placed third in the N otre D am e m eet.

The distance for the race will be six m iles instead of the usual five, and Gibbard re ­gards this a s good.

"W e’ve got to run six m iles in the nationals," he said. “ So this is good preparation

G ibbard did not pred ic t his te am ’s possible chances of victory. "W ith sophom ores running in the ir f irs t bit m eet, you can never be su re what will happen," G ibbard said.

"W e would hope to go there and do well and hope th a t our fourth and fifth m en can run up "

Individual favorites in the m eet should be Hazilla of W est­ern . Ken Leonowicz. Kim H art­m an and Roger M erchant of MSU. Steve Bishop of Michi­gan and Chris Abbuhl of E ast­ern.

Hazilla w as the 1967 winner while Bishop and M erchant followed in second and third. Leonowicz w as ninth.

Leonowicz has been the Spar­tans' m ost consistent runner

W ater polo has Irish here

The Spartans m eet N otre D am e in w ate r polo a t 11 a.m . Saturday in the M en’s IM pool.

The m atch pits the speed of the Irish squad against the ball- handling skill of the Spartans who a re 2-1 for the year.

Admission is free.

thus far. with a best of 24:55.8 on the MSU five-m ile course.

H artm an, a w inner last week against M innesota and E astern in the course and varsity rec­ord tim e of 24:48 8, could also m ake a run for the top spot.

M erchant has progressed well in workouts, G ibbard said, and could be ready for an up­front effort Saturday.

Gibbard will count on sopho­m ores John Mock and Dan Simeck, fourth and fifth men last week, to stay up longer and im prove the Spartan split on five runners.

F ive freshm en-D ave Diet­e rs, Bruce Cavender, Tom Silvia, Ted Shierk and Brian Kent--will also run in the four m ile college and open division of the m eet.

MSU’s next home m eet will be W ednesday a t 4:30p.m. aga inst C entral Michigan. The following Saturday, the Spar­tans re tu rn to the big-tim e when Miami of Ohio, a regional cross country power over the last decade, invades the Spartan course. J IM G fB B A R D

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