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Teblen' s yearnip for sow thin^ scmbling the High Table a t Oxford. I :he Faculty took full managerial and financial responsibility far meals, tiring a concessionaire, As war cam, with its servant problems and *ationing, Faculty merbers did mch of their entertaining at Fuld Hall; it helped their wives, and wsweetened" the concession. The Faculty bought a radio for the c omn room which was oper- lted only, on Saturday nights, when occasionally there were dances for :he younger nenbers. The Faculty had a bowling green in the meadow before :uld Hall; it put a bench or two for the confort of bowlers and onlookers lnder the old cherry tree. The Standing Cormittee decided to forbid the mtry of dogs to Fuld Hall, and took steps to separate canines from masters. 'rofessor Veblen, a wood-chopping philosopher, led a corps of the more ictive members in clearing the Institute woods of dense underbrush. Var- ious civic organizations, lacking a meeting place, sometimes asked for the ise of the Cornon Ram. The Standing Committee took jurisdiction, and ruled out organizations devoted to propaganda, granting applications of ~thers on occasion. At the end of Aydelottets secand year, the Faculty zsked him to call regular meetings at. the beginning and end of each semes- Ier, and to schedule three Faculty lunches each term. It suggested also :hat the Director ask the Trustees to make available housing for temporary ncrnbers, a serious need which was not to be sattled until 1946 because of :he war. All requests were granted. The School of ?lathematics was first to ask Dr. Aydelotte to aid in bringing members to it during the war, Professor Veblen alluded to :he research in "the uranium affairt' wntioned 5n the New York Times of recent date; he had heard in Gashington, though it was "secret,*Qhat the
government was working on this research, and asked whether Aydelotte thought Mr. Bamberger night be willing to finance calling Drs, Bohr, Pauli and Dirac as theoretical phps icists who might help the experimental physicists with their uork. He apologized for intruding on Aydelottews busy schedule -- a rare grace-note for him.. Aydelotte felt it would be inopportune to ask Mr. Bamberger, but did take the subject up with Mr. Stewart, succeeding thus in getting the Rockefeller Foundation to finance membership for Bohr and Pauli. h%en it appeared that Dr.. Bohr felt he must remain to protect the German refugees at his Institute in Copenhagen, the Foundation financed memberships for Carl L. Siegel, mathematician, and Kurt GtJdel, mathematical logician. 6 The School of Math~xatics planned well in another respect; it gained its objective of a modern mathematical library in Fuld Half when Yr. Bamberger, with his sister's enthusiastic support, gave the Institute $100,000 to be spent In four Annual instalments to purchase working libraries for the Institute. Dr. Alfred Brauer, Professor Weylls assistant and a competent mathematical librarian, devoted part of his time for a year to the assernblx and virtually completed the task for Mathematics, Dr. Flex- ner had asked Dr. Aydelutte to see that the new funds should be spent to :omplement, and not to duplicate, collections in Princeton's various advantages to the University,, Libraries, hopefully to offer reciproca3 / and the Director agreed. 3ut with the approach of war, and the restrictions it impossed on the move- wnts of "enemy alien" scholars a t the Institute, who were forbidden access ;o the campus, it was probably just as well that the School of Mathematics Library was organized to duplicate a part of the excellent library at Fine lall. The School of Economfcs and Politics was hardly xeady to acquire
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A HISlPORY OF THE INSTITUTE PO3 ADV
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CE-IAPTER XI TLiE SELECTICY OF A SC
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The Director was starching for spac
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Apri 1, 1957, the Director said: Th
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Institute flexible and ready to exp
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It is my hope...that this Suilding
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the University on leave of a5sence,
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plans were designed to encourage th
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erger ... 1 am going to P!ew York o
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t5em Pall as soon as Fuld gall was
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k?ho, then, could have raised the s
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But at the end of Yarch, strong act
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3. If a deficit actually exists at
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to rcccive complete confirmation of
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leave England with the reflection t
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Mr. Bambcrger's answer was reassuri
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The minutes next placed Mr. Veblen
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and upkeep. 65 . Flemcras first con
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Mr. Maass consulted an insurance br
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to the Trustees on the work he had
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The issue was still unsettled in Ja
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Eaving had his say, the Director as
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It was to appear later (see p. 1 th
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Page 60 and 61: It was extremely courteous and thou
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Page 78 and 79: Was Flexner saying in that last sen
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Page 82 and 83: Minutes, Trustees' meting, 1/25/37,
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Page 86 and 87: - Ibid. Ihid p. 13. Terns: salary o
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Page 91 and 92: 139. Veblen to Earle, 7130139. Earl
Page 93 and 94: lockstepw in a book so entitled, wh
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Page 111 and 112: emained through the years, until in
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Page 119 and 120: 3n financial research. The three sp
Page 121 and 122: The Director could not bring his re
Page 123 and 124: , At warts end the staff members at
Page 125 and 126: Morey described the inwtluable cont
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Page 139 and 140: he wrote. 66 As he had hoped, Mr. B
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Clearly there was no official recog
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at first, he is now well satisfied
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he could not refresh his memory. Od
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In 2945 we shall, as you know, be f
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Panofsky and Dr. de Tolnay during t
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As I said to you the other day, thi
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I . Minutes, Executive Cornittee, 3
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Ibid * , P. 7- Joseph Conrad, The B
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83. Flexner to Aydelotte, 5/7/43; 5
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'. . --. CHAPTER X THE STRUGGLE FOR
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to Mr. Lefdesdorf for comnt. The Tr
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i s amount. The Treasurer's reports
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and they were at variance with the
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modify a policy adopted by the ~oar
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Aydelotte in July, 19.43. He had ce
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special ckitree of the Board. Thus
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The minutes of the Cmittee on Polic
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thought the matter over since Mr. B
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archaeology, in the history of art,
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of protocol, and then with his Facu
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those mentioned by the letter of th
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Many of the Faculty felt, however,
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You must think about your successor
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There are inany Tnazters a£ Instit
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Despite the action, and the unloubt
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Paints 1, 2, 7 and pexhaps 6 may be
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The last point is of exceptional im
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eviewed them. The two Policy Cornit
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talkcd with Aydelotte, who, he beli
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several cautions to the Faculty Com
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Faculty. The institution we aspire
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the Trustees. Dr. Aydelotte, withou
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The Members of the Corporation elec
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As Professor Weyl rose to present h
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work..,and strengthening the undert
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:omi ttee (Messrs. Morse, Chairman,
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possession and planned to devote it
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19. Minutes, Trusteesv meeting, 4/1
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42. Xoe to Aydelotte, 11/21/44. Ayd
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7. That the Institute should not be
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CHAPTER XI THE SELECTIOS OF A SECCE
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Dr. J. Robcr; Oppcnkci~zr, physicis
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n&nber of the TrristeesQ Comitte~ o
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the question whether Ys. Maass, the
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Although my colleagues ~ r f d have
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The Comissioner now suggested that
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enable him to pay enough attention
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If this chain oE events causes wocd
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paratus." When it c ax to "qualitat
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oreover, the freedm of the scientis
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project in meteorological studies w
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Personnel Security Board of the Ato
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the following account in his diary.
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assumption that they wauld operate
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present officers and standing camit
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ation. We should, in my opinion, be
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Another cause for self-congratulati
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1, Moe to Faculty, 10/26/45. 2. Moe
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42. Minutes, Trusteest meeting, 5/2
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5CH00L OF ECOKOMICS =D POLITICS Pro
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CHAPTER XI1 DR. Of PEhYE PER S FIRS
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educational institution; (2) it was
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way about appointments, taking chat
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2haracterized Dr. Thompson as the e
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majority of the Institute's profcss
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had been solved, and the Trustees f
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encouraging of work by men to whom
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Employment in a full research insti
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20 member at half pay. Alexander's
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ar in concert, Assistants to profes
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athematiclans $40,000 at that But t
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one think," but/could only be sure
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his cmittee for their excellent wor
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, '\ . -- academic world could cont
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and utilized its findings and mctho
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the economist to the Faculty. 40 In
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the Schools: Ffsrorical Studies. Th
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It is hard to imgine that a group o
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hoff gave an answer when he proudly
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their answers. Usually they found s
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It might be better if he were not i
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maintenance m n were kept at co-rpc
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' 1 e Institute at short range, whi
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1 stern Europe in the postwar era,
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aws, finding that they were "not en
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The Institute had entered into a co
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fessor Hevgebauer be given a five-y
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! :udy. Dr. Oppenheiner asked wheth
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since in such an undertaking as the
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favored the elimination. The Bullet
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These appertained to notice of prop
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at least justifiable and good appoi
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\ contribution of the Joint Comitt~
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executors on the Institute's inheri
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educational purposes. The State's n
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was notable, for he imediately secu
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giving of the benefits directly --
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nity in this couptry during fts per
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ik. Bronk invited fifteen of the wo
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groups: i.e., house officers, or in
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1. Miqutes, Faculty Standing C m i
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42. Stewart to Oppenheimer, 11/23/4
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76. Ibid. czive from eac3 Sc5ooZ it
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Suggestion for proposed Codicils to
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THE LETTER It has always ken 32r in
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upon sdch lands as It may acquire f
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hip4est p-ssible intell~ct~a'i leve
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To (naming proposed Trustees): 'IJ=
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CERTIFICATE OF ISCORPOPJTIOT~ of. "
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In appointrrents to the faculty or
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In so far 35 students are co~c?r=~d
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estrict our Trustees in their corpl
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ime can we be sure that we will not
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dations. In informa2 talk, often oc
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this, 1 should, one by ore, as mon
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Royal Comtission were so unsatisfac
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WT I O ~ xequlrcnfnts are ne~ded as
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tor touches ht lt@-.tly the growing
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p5ilosopher can find h5s text and s
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ozr ryes. Re mathemticiar. is in a
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process by Srizging the professor t
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institution will thus be placed on
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wi 11 req3ite cons iderat im. It sh
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i AFPEKDIX VII The Dlrrctcr pad Fsc
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(3) It is important that t h Tfusll
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January 2, 1945 T'le int;entioa cf
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sone formal and responsible way. Fi
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