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18 CHAPTER II. SOCIAL ßTNUCTUhE OF TILE GO! flUIUITY OF CHAARAYIM L3huarayin is the na :e of one of the Yemeni quarters of the town of Rehovoth, which lion some 20 kilometrou to the south of Tel Aviv, in Israel. It wan originally a 4stinct political community, lying alongside of the 'I: oshavnh " or Rehovoth, which was then little more than a village. But gradually, the administrative network of the 'Mochavah' spread out to include all of the neighbouring villages and settlements under one municipal authority, and 5haarayim loot its official status an a separate community. Despite this, it retained certain distinct features as a nub-community, which were still evident in 1958, ton years after its final incorporation into the town of Rchovoth. From a sociological ©tandpoii: t, it in still possible for certain purposes to refer to it an a 'community' 0 The term 'foehavah', meaning 'colony' or 'settlement' is used in Israel to refer to the earliest aericulturul villages, and specifically to those which were neither cooperatives or collectives.
19 Formerly, 3haarayim was an ethnically homogene conmunity, consisting of imiiGrant$ from Yemen, and their children. But at present', almost a third of its residents are non-Yemcnio. Those non-Yemeni residents, some of whom are ':: shkenazi'"" and others 'Sephardi'** Jews, are for the most part tenants of Yemeni landlords; they have been a fairly unstable element in the population of shaarsyira, treating it as a place of temporary residence. They scarcely share in most of the cultural and social interests which unite the Yomeniu, and hardly recognise Yencni leaders. I therefore treat the Yemeni population of $haarayim as a distinct 'community, or 'sub-comunity', rocs nizing that this entails abstracting those relationships and shared customs which defino the limits of group membership and identity. When I refer tense in writing to the 'present', or make use of the present about Chuareyin, I an roferrinG to the period between 11 wt carried out, that period were during 1957-1958 955 and 1956, during which intensive ronoarch However, the conditions described for still, for the most part, to be found when further visits were made, **'Ashkenazi' Jews are this p Jews, or their descendants, who cone fron Central or . untern Europo, and speak either German or Yiddish an their pother-tongue* 'Uephardi' Jews are those who claim descent from the Jewish population which was expelled fro: ypain in the 15th century, and speak 'Ladino' as their mot: oi-tongue.
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Page 3 and 4: 3 is discussed in order to throw li
Page 5 and 6: TABLE Opi CONTENTS Chapter I. Intro
Page 7 and 8: CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. The Proble
Page 9 and 10: Yemeni immigration into Palestine s
Page 11 and 12: 9 the earlier and later circumstanc
Page 13 and 14: ii The first community with which I
Page 15 and 16: 13 the roles which they perform. In
Page 17 and 18: . 1r Leach (1954) and Mills (1956).
Page 19: 17 are seldom purely symbolic; whil
Page 23 and 24: 21 The arrival of tenants in 6haara
Page 25 and 26: 23 .. ,_s their fellows, and were f
Page 27 and 28: 25 The sex-ratio is very slightly i
Page 29 and 30: 27 H 0 C-+ (T U\ 0 N CO 'r' 0 p CU
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Page 33 and 34: 31 or widowers, living with or with
Page 35 and 36: 33 1 Means of Livelihood and Occupa
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Page 39 and 40: 37 The type of occupation* to be fo
Page 41 and 42: 39 completely unskilled work, and a
Page 43 and 44: 41 drivers are amongst the most pro
Page 45 and 46: 43 TA131 VIXI (a) SOCIAL AND ECONOM
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- 69 to applicants for assistance,
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71 this purpoao. The taxes levied b
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I, 73 has a local branch-headquarte
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'fir) have a local party headquarte
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7 The administration of recognized
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79 for the whole of Rohovoth, as th
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81 but few of theuc applj to 1eree
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TABLE XI (b) 83 DI8TfIDUTION OF YE2
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.,,. gin. g; 'ý tiierasolvct znd u
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87 The relationship between Yemeni
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ý: .89 The bank has a cosnnittee o
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91 The politico. ., arty 'L ; ina.
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93 meet as a local committee, to di
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_ 95 importance in mobilising this
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97 CHAPTER III. LEADERSHIP ROLES AN
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.99 two sectors of the society are
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101 of the rabbinate etc., Members
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1041 and to propose improved means
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10r- and a few other men who are at
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107 this, there is little significa
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109 committee; member of the unoffi
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1T 1.! 1 loyalty for his own politi
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113 he is also opposed to the polit
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11 r :i sharing his religious ortho
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L. Lf local workers' committee. He
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1.1.9 But, by withdrawing from part
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1'21 He has participated in communa
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123 deceased - wab the Aster of Pin
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125 strengthen the very sentiments
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127 each ycar. Dis supply of labour
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i29 express the resentment of ßhaa
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131 application on your behalf, the
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133 meribcrs; and conooquent1; , th
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13 ;'ý parties in local elections,
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13'1 and politics aszlthis is contr
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139 every four years. These are con
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L who was also vice-Mayor of lehovo
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143 use the 'floriah Cchool' for th
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__ 14 5 the school if he so wished.
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1 147 and the leaders of 'Pool IIa!
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149 by Cohen, but opposed the extre
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151 party in Chuarayiz in the 1955
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TABLE 153 1955 Elections 1955 Elect
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- i)r I turn now to an ana1' of u o
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157 t1e udari w' and the 'l'-Ieýud
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159 ý 1 % 0 . ze ie O Ni rý ýý
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1 1 H O w'4 M r r to r1 Ö c . -' .
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163 parties, or the ri. _ ht-wing p
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_ 165 wage-earners than amongst the
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16( degree of prosperity without th
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169 independent evidence for the ex
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' ... .... JL- I -L l= wic: or coci
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173 (iv) 0, up orter s of z, elicio
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176 than supporters of national lef
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ý, .. 178 in ritual or administrat
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180 .1 Rav .! ei. r Ni zrnht, the o
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--k- 182 in the case of Yisrael Ova
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lOa types of work. His authority is
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186 CHAPTER VI THE HISTORY OF BHAAR
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188 result of the increased demand
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190 becane even morc varied; there
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192 expressed themselves on festiva
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194 The problem of an adequate wate
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196 into the situation. Concequentl
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198 fairly statics excepting for th
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200 beinE; only in the early years
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_. 202 and alignment in the communi
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204 which went with it. There were
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206 of Rehovoth had attempted to in
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208 After 194-0 this cleavage in th
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210 policy of the "conservative" le
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1N were not slow to exploit the pos
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- 215 cooliticn broke down, rollo i
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217 Yemenis in general and those of
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219 from other spheres of authority
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221 formation of Duch opinions. The
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NN 1-01 6KA: 'A"Fn VIII. LEADEaS1I1
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225 3' connistod of a number of vil
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227 The 'Umar' doftho tha ctatua of
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229 foundations. . very good . ueli
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' /ý J1 the craftsmen as inferior
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-Vý :.... ,. 233 i, iztribution of
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235 or their fear of forcible conve
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237 Not all vill¬. gcQ,, areas and
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239 Participation in a 'payer--grou
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241 linked with the possieznsion of
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243 to the attainient of orrice: )
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245 an official or regular high cou
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247 were often loath to accept the
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other Jews of San. 'a and even nota
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251 The court was not responsible f
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253 to accept the judgment of the l
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25r qualifict: tic n, h^ referred c
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257 on tho whole co=Unity, than the
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259 (prayer-loader) to perform hie
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2 61 approach then with requosta to
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263 «in- it 'tccted ziot nly the e
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26 between the community ar the 'pr
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267 its activities ar©. affected b
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In this type of community every hou
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- 271 a woman, live most of the wee
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273 settlement agency; the army or
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27 Internal Structure of the Commun
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2 71 erstwhile connexions. However,
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279 homes, which means that they at
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281 The 'Maskeer Hutz' has a far mo
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2,83 He performs marriages and circ
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'2 $ tý Yehudah Kgaisi; Moshe Mena
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2St the two roles were temporarily
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- When the community was first esta
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2i some concrete situations. I shal
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293 them to Israel out of bondage"
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67 I'll leave the raoshav, " the ma
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I V7 accustomed to simply taking th
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299 and his friends had embezzled c
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_. ýL ý .ý Basically, the core o
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aý VV out of these groups. Once a
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305 and other custous on a lower le
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307 and can not be generalized to c
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309 This traditional conception of
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311 Others remained because they ha
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to remain in large barracks. 313 Th
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3[ the hands of the various agencie
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317 the department in placing child
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319 number of male pupils attend th
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0 3 21 members of the parent-organi
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1' 323 Adults over the age of 40 2,
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325 Danilys Kinship & _Cub-ethnic R
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The 'minyanim' serve to forge links
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329 based on such accidental condit
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331 is looked upon, both by its inh
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ý. ----333 This resentment is larg
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_ý 33J head office prohibits coali
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337 to the requests of the welfare
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.. 339 The party representativas at
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341 in Yemen, he is not recor, zod
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343 ritual objects; otherwise they
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345 1951 and 1952 the committee che
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247 were often loath . -to accept t
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349 After tho election there was a
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,ý 351 becoming -increasingly. awa
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353 occurred. This time there were
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ýýý Yizhari feared that a. stron
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: 35 strong emotional appeal as; a,
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361 succe nifu1 have little or noth
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_ 36`3 Allegiance to leaders is, as
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2G5 CUAPT f X1 _ö _C_ü_ICING. 11
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- 367 that the degree und quality o
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369 situations this co=unity has be
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1-71 the parties themselves obtrude
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Huch ditferencoa are loss narked, a
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core respects ciiiilar to those whi
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377 communal goals, and those which
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379 ogainat a conception of communi
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381 in the full knowledge that it c
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383 APP FdUDIX EVENT O IN S lAARAYI
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4785 The third set of events concer
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5'd/ Glucian, l1. : "The Frailty in
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