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167:1964-02-13
156: (USA)
152:1963-12-25
1200:The Prize
1056:Roughshod
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774:The Prize
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567:as Nudist
481:Ned Wever
344:Leningrad
312:kidnapped
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197:Languages
171: (UK)
70:The Prize
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304:defect
235:, and
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