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968:1984
963:1983
958:1982
953:1981
948:1980
943:1979
938:1978
933:1977
928:1976
923:1975
918:1974
913:1973
908:1972
903:1971
898:1970
893:1969
888:1968
883:1967
878:1966
873:1965
868:1964
863:1963
858:1962
853:1961
848:1960
843:1959
729:Rose
602:2015
570:37.0
559:4–37
551:2–0
518:188
477:2022
417:1967
415:and
413:1963
409:1969
363:The
350:1974
342:1972
262:1973
250:Date
25:1973
705:Sun
548:2–1
529:86
526:218
515:130
507:17
307:ACC
291:FB
288:MVP
70:ACC
1610::
540:1
504:24
241:31
238:14
219:18
210:10
165:NR
160:16
145:AP
131:15
126:19
111:AP
80:31
77:18
1596:e
1589:t
1582:v
1571:.
1339:e
1332:t
1325:v
1219:e
1212:t
1205:v
773:e
766:t
759:v
635:e
628:t
621:v
604:.
537:2
315:)
309:;
235:7
232:3
229:7
216:8
213:0
207:0
194:4
191:3
188:2
185:1
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