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61:Died
46:Born
1308:(r)
1054:(r)
1033:(r)
88:USC
1527::
297:^
254:.
135:,
131:,
70:,
1513:e
1506:t
1499:v
1488:.
917:e
910:t
903:v
513:e
506:t
499:v
351:e
344:t
337:v
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