Delancey's Way

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James McCourt is not to be confused with the brothers Frank and Malachy, but he, too, is an Irish American with a literary bent, an overeducated outsider's viewpoint, and a wicked gift for telling tales. Delancey's Way poses this question: Can a gay reporter from East Hampton find happiness in Washington, D.C., ostensibly lobbying on behalf of the imperiled piping plover, but mostly just crashing parties with socialite Anastasia "Bam-Bam" Harrington? (She sounds more than a bit like Arianna Huffington--unsurprising, as the book is a rather twisted roman à clef.) Instead of happiness, Delancey finds countless opportunities to comment on matters of state in the manner of Joan Rivers at the Oscars, mocking Clinton ("an outstanding chess entertainer, triumphing in blindfold games and simultaneous exhibitions"), senators ("our august lawmakers ... scurry around the Senate floor, the groups forming and reforming like amoebas in heat"), and absolutely everything that falls into his literary gun sights.

Though there is a plot buried deep between the bitchy lines--culminating in the deck "Senator weds former page in gay May-December sensation"--the real point of McCourt's fourth work of fiction is nonstop intellectual vaudeville and essayistic digressions as politically incorrect as anything in Pynchon. Delancey's capital gang lives to swap wisecracks, and as they try to one-up each other's recondite witticisms, it's tough to distinguish Odette O'Doyle, a transvestite ballerina, from Rain, the phone-sex entrepreneur specializing in acts of Congress, or Vana Sprezza, the Italian opera diva, from the outrageously jive-talking Ornette James Crow. Like sock puppets manipulated by a madcap polymath, the queens hold court, razzing the powerful in relentless repartee.

And if you don't happen to be a madcap polymath, the jokes may zip over your head. Say someone mentions Thermidor (the reactionary phase of the French Revolution)--expect one joke about The Big Heat and another about lobsters. When it comes to puns in questionable taste, McCourt can resist anything but temptation. --Tim Appelo

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An operatic, satirical romp through (high and low) Washington -- filled with politicos and pundits, divas and divine spirits -- by the greatly admired author of Time Remaining and the cult classic Mawrdew Czgowchwz ("Bravo, James McCourt, a literary countertenor, in the exacting tradition of Firbank and Nabokov" -- Susan Sontag).

It opens with Delancey, a reporter for the East Hampton Star, being sent to cover the environmental budget wars of the 104th Congress, his copy of Henry Adams's Democracy in hand, for background on the farrago called overnment. It introduces us to le tout de Washington: the socialite (and exiled eighties New York party girl) Anastasia Harrington (a.k.a. Bam-Bam) and her billionaire husband, Max; a senator obsessed with the fall of the republic and with his rogue companion, an ex-hustler and congressional phone-sex virtuoso; the semiretired transvestite ballerina Odette O'Doyle and the diva (operatic and otherwise) Vana Sprezza; and Delancey's new friend, Ornette, a living antidote to the racism of our times, who sympathizes with the sexually profligate President (lovingly referred to as POTUS).

From Delancey's trip on the Metroliner where it all begins, to a drink-soaked escapade in Key West, to soirees at the Harringtons' and the Cosmos Club, to the grand finale (an uproarious Venetian bal masqué at the Library of Congress), McCourt shows us the pyrotechnic power plays of the nineties, eerily parallel to (but far deadlier than) those portrayed in Adams's chronicle of earlier times. Here is Washington as it should be seen -- upside down, and inside right.

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A Romp.......2000-07-03

Delancey's Way is not easy to read, filled as it is with sly allusion; you often feel like a last-minute guest at a party where everybody else knows one another and you know nobody. (You know the kind of party I mean.) To some extent you just have to roll with the punches, even when you can't see them land. Still, I found this book dazzling from start to finish. It's a slow read, too. But James McCourt shines a most peculiar light on a most peculiar town, and the results are extraordinary. It had never occurred to me before that the Washington scene cries out for an extended commentary by a drag queen; you see Clinton, Delancey's hero Gore, and the House Republicans in a wholly new way. This novel is terrific fun. It's no wonder that McCourt's "cult following" includes some of the most literate people in America.

A canny and subversive deconstruction of Washington D.C........2000-03-29

The subtitle of this book is "a debriefing," a punning alert to the fact that James McCourt's mind runs along multiple tracks (and never along the shortest distance between two points). In his first novel since 1993's magnificent elegy for the season of AIDS, Time Remaining, McCourt has moved from (usually) sexual politics to politics as usual (and for the most part sexual). Joining such established characters in his fictional/factual oeuvre as narrator Delancey (just one name, like Falconetti or Farinelli), drag philosophe Odette (ne Danny) O'Doyle and diva Vanna Sprezza are some newcomers: Ornette, a gay politicized African-American half in love with the legend of Billy Strayhorn; Anastasia Harrington, an 80s airhead turned DC hostess with the mostest; John Galt (yes, Ayn Rand's wet-cardboard creature), a Senator from the ridge where the West commences; and his exotic page/protege (soon to become his spousal equivalent) Rain, who may or may not be a Shoshone Indian. What there is of a plot recedes into the mists of Foggy Bottom, leaving the foreground open for McCourt's dazzling carnival of allusions, witticisms and trenchant verities. (Who else remembers that "Tangerine" wafted through the windows in Double Indemnity's lethal last encounter?) Ostensibly the chronicle of a campaign to save the piping plover, Delancey's Way is a pungent reverie on the bantam-rooster puffery of the mid-90s Republican "revolution" (McCourt's chapter titles parody the months of the French revolutionary calendar: "Aperture," "Arpege," "Terminal"). Though it's a distillation of just about every book and movie ever made about the American capital (and Capitol), Delancey's Way jettisons all formulas, leaving the acrid McCourt smoke in its spreading wake. Connoisseurs -- of both Washington and of high-strung writing -- will find it toothsome but deadly fun.

Delancey's Way.(Review) (book review): An article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction

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Delancey's Way.(Review) (book review): An article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction
Peter Donahue
Manufacturer: Review of Contemporary Fiction
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Title: Delancey's Way.(Review) (book review)
Author: Peter Donahue
Publication: The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2000
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: 20 Issue: 2 Page: 172

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Delancey's Way
James McCOURT
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
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ASIN: B000UZXS90

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Keeps You Hanging On

Patience pays off!

Thought Provoking Read

Well worth the wait

AWESOME
The Final Chase
Jeff Lejeune
Manufacturer: SterlingHouse Publisher
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ASIN: 1563153661
Release Date: 2005-11-30

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A fantasy adventure for the Jung at heart. Abandoned at an early age, Chase Manna is a confused and angry Everyman consumed with the search for his own identity. In a dream (or is it?) Chase battles his evil twin and discovers the four different aspects of his own humanity: the altruistic, the self-centered, the innocent, and the opposite sex. This amazing story, both an evocative fantasy adventure and an insightful examination of the meaning of self, is sure to inspire every reader.

Customer Reviews:

Keeps You Hanging On.......2006-10-31

There's a little something for everyone in this book: Action, Suspense, Romance, Drama, Religion, Psychology...and it keeps you hanging on right until the end. Well-written - I recommend it!

Patience pays off!.......2006-07-21

Though i'm not one to read stories that tend to junp around, i can honestly say i enjoyed this book for the mere fact that "The Final Chase" is not just a well rounded story but a story that gives insight to the realities of the human pychy. I find it interesting to read about the stuggles that the characters face such as spirituallity, love and hate, life and death, and most importantly the problems they face when it comes to self-realization. I strongly recommend this book to the patient reader and to anyone looking for a book with tremendous wisdom.

Thought Provoking Read.......2006-03-23

This book is exciting and invigorating. Intense character development that culminates with an unanticipated ending.

I received this book from a friend who recommended it highly. I have returned the book, but being one who likes to re-read good stories, I will be purchasing this book to add to my collection. Thanks for an incredible journey.

Well worth the wait.......2006-02-25

I have waiting eagerly for the book for several months and was not disappointed. Books that allow me to have a true vision of the landscape and how the characters are reacting to situations are among my favorites. This book gives me that visual representation of the world of the characters.

The thought processes of the characters and how they reacted to their surroundings was very vivid in this book. I enjoyed the changing aspects of the characters and how scenes changed drastically in just a short amount of time.

This is a book that once you read it, you will want to read it again to find hidden clues to the mysteries within the pages. It is a book that I am giving to members of my family and several friends.

AWESOME.......2006-01-14

All the waiting paid off. I was finally able to read the book and I think it is wonderful. I dont think I have ever read a book that has such vivid and profound imagery and power! There were parts where I had chills.!!!! :)

THE UNEXPECTED: Salesmanship; The Storm; Back for Christmas; The Thousand Dollar Bill; Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen; Mammon and the Archer; Exchange of Men; A Horseman in the Sky; Two Bottles of Relish; Final Break; Addio; Suspicion; Gavin

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THE UNEXPECTED: Salesmanship; The Storm; Back for Christmas; The Thousand Dollar Bill; Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen; Mammon and the Archer; Exchange of Men; A Horseman in the Sky; Two Bottles of Relish; Final Break; Addio; Suspicion; Gavin
Bennet (editor) (Mary Ellen Chase; McKnight Malmar; John Collier; Manuel Komroff; O. Henry; Joseph Cross; Ambrose Bierce; Lord Dunsany; Ian S. Thomson; Thomas Beer; Dorothy L. Sayers; John van Druten; Helen R. Hull; Saki; Robert Bloch; A. E. Coppard Cerf
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Ducks chase bid for NCAAs.(Sports)(Men golfers are in seventh entering final round of regionals): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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Ducks chase bid for NCAAs.(Sports)(Men golfers are in seventh entering final round of regionals): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Manufacturer: The Register Guard
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008DHJVM
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on May 17, 2003. The length of the article is 599 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ducks chase bid for NCAAs.(Sports)(Men golfers are in seventh entering final round of regionals)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: May 17, 2003
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Engrossing and fast moving story
A lot of suspense, lots of pages..
Final Scream was a great read!
Didn't want to put it down!
Improved? I don't think so

Final Scream (Unabridged)
Lisa Jackson
Manufacturer: audible.com
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Binding: Audio Download
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From New York Times bestselling author LISA JACKSON comes the haunting story of an inferno that sears the night, snuffing out lives and dreams, and of a killer who goes unpunished....

White-hot flames ignite the dark sky, a killer waits in the trees, watching the mill burn, listening for the screams, the only proof that justice, long delayed, has finally begun. For journalist Cassidy Buchanan, the blaze is a living nightmare, a reminder of the horrible, mysterious fire that destroyed her wealthy family seventeen years ago. The tragic crime has never been solved, and so the whispers have already begun in Prosperity, Oregon - another fire, more deaths, and one common denominator - Cassidy.

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Engrossing and fast moving story.......2007-09-04

Wealthy tomboy Cassidy Buchanan fell hard at 16 for Brig McKenzie, a lothario from the wrong side of the tracks hired to break her unruly horse. Her older sister Angie would do anything to have sexy Brig in her bed, but it's Cass that Brig has eyes for. When Angie and one of her suitors is killed in a fire, Brig flees the ranch, convinced he'll be the primary suspect (whch turns out to be correct, as no other suspect is considered or investigated). Fast forward 17 years, and another suspicious fire has occurred on the property. Cass in now married to Brig's older brother Chase, who has always been driven to surpass his humble roots and the marriage is on the rocks. When she learns that Chase and an unidentified man were injured in the fire, she races to Chase's side, offering to help nurse him to health. She suspects that the other victim, who soon succumbs to his injuries (with the help of the arsonist responsible for both fires) is Brig, and mourns the loss of her true love while nursing his brother back to health, and suddenly feeling an intense connection to her once estranged husband.

"Final Scream" is a repackaged and expanded version of the previously released novel "Intimacies" which was penned by Jackson back in 1995. Half of the book is spent in 1977, building the relationship of Brig and Cassidy, as well as setting the stage for what a nasty family Cassidy came from. Love, lies, deception, infidelity, and incest rule in this story, with a haiku pulled at the end to identify the arsonist. It's a long book (coming it at nearly 600 pages), but pretty engrossing once you get involved in the story; it could have been trimmed at least 150 pages and still maintained the romance and suspense. I would have preferred that Jackson tighten rather than expand the story. But despite its length, it's an intriguing and fast moving story.

A lot of suspense, lots of pages.........2007-08-30

Final Scream is the fourth book that I have read by Lisa Jackson. I like to read her books because I know that it will have alot of suspense and mystery.
The story is mainly about the Buchanan Family and Brig McKenzie. Cassidy Buchanan is a rich girl from a 'normal' family, and Brig is the poor boy from a trailer. He is older than Cassidy, but there is an attraction between them.
I did find that the book was too long, and I thought that there was alot of pages taken up in laying the history of the story for the characters. Some things were hard to believe, while others were just plain sick.
Things I question: If Cassidy wasn't in love with Brig's brother, why did she marry him? Why was someone always getting pregnant, drunk, or living a double life?
Things I had a problem with: I didn't like the character of Cassidy that much. Despite her weird family, I lost alot of sympathy that I had for her when it seemed that she was using Brig's brother. This is the second book that I have read by Lisa that has the 'mystical crazy person'-Brig's mother, as a Native American. Since this is the second book that I have read of hers where this is the case I was a little offended. Being part Native American might have something to do with it, but that's my opinion. Maybe in the next book, the crazy person will be of another ethnic group. My fingers are crossed!
I like most of Lisa's books, and I think she has a great talent for description and suspense. But this was not one of her best books.

Final Scream was a great read!.......2007-02-02

This book was so good, I woke up early and stayed up as long as I could at night to read it. The characters were very real, and Brig is such a cool dude. Cassy was cool too, and I knew they'd wind up together at the end. It was shocking to find out that Brig had been posing as Chase after that second fire. What a wonderful, fast paced story. I'd recommend it to anyone. Thanks Lisa Jackson, for another great story!

Didn't want to put it down!.......2006-04-04

From start to finish I didn't want to put Final Scream down. I loved it. Granted I figured out parts before they were actually told I still loved the characters and the book as a whole. Cassidy and Brig are meant to be together.

Improved? I don't think so.......2006-02-14

Unfortunately I missed the'reprint' on the book cover. As I started to read, I thought, this sure is familiar. Then I found the 'reprint'. The longer I read and started skipping pages to get the end faster, the less I thought the additions were any improvement on the old book. This clunker just kept going and going and going and going...nowhere. Don't even waste your time if you are loaned a copy. This book isn't worth the time to turn the pages.

The final report of the committee of the Philadelphia Medical Society on the construction of instruments and their mode of action in the radical cure of ... of other diseases effecting similar parts

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The final report of the committee of the Philadelphia Medical Society on the construction of instruments and their mode of action in the radical cure of ... of other diseases effecting similar parts
Heber Chase
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The final report of the committee of the Philadelphia medical society on the construction of instruments, and their mode of action in the radical cure ... notes ... and additional cases of hernia
Heber Chase
Manufacturer: J.G. Auner
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Incremental rederivation of software artifacts: FY93 final report

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Incremental rederivation of software artifacts: FY93 final report
Melissa Chase
Manufacturer: Rome Laboratory, Air Materiel Command
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The interest of the state in the Concord railroad: Final argument of Frank S. Streeter. Argument of William M. Chase as to the Corbin offer. Before Hon. ... Hon. John W. Sturtevant, Commissioners

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The interest of the state in the Concord railroad: Final argument of Frank S. Streeter. Argument of William M. Chase as to the Corbin offer. Before Hon. ... Hon. John W. Sturtevant, Commissioners
Frank Sherwin Streeter
Manufacturer: Republican Press Assoc
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A Management control system for rehabilitation management: Final report

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A Management control system for rehabilitation management: Final report
Philip E Chase
Manufacturer: Management Control Project, University of Georgia, Rehabilitation Counselor Training Program
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ASIN: B00070W1N2

Operational test and evaluation: C-5 operating demonstration at Twentynine Palms Expeditionary Airfield : final report

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Operational test and evaluation: C-5 operating demonstration at Twentynine Palms Expeditionary Airfield : final report
Robert E Chase
Manufacturer: USAF Airlift Center, Military Airlift Command
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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The latest, greatest, high-tech thrill ride for Tom Clancy's legion of young fans.

The amateurs are beating the pros in this year's spatball playoffs-and some big bettors plan to lose a fortune. When they threaten a star player, the Net Force Explorers are called in to protect America's newest pastime.

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Death Match.......2006-11-10

Haven't Had time to read it Yet. Book was new so it is in very good contition

Tom Clancy's Net Force Death Match.......2006-02-05

I am a great fan of Tom Clancy. I just cannot believe he wrote this. Truly terrible. In the bin.

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great food

Horrible & too much Pork

Disappointed!

Racheal Ray's 30-minute Get Real Meals: Eat Healthy Without Goimg to Extremes

It's Real Alright!

Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals: Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes
Rachael Ray
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1400082536
Release Date: 2005-03-29

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No pasta? No dessert? No way! Everything in moderation, says Rachael Ray. After all, some days only chocolate or spaghetti will hit the spot.

In Rachael Ray’s 30-Minute Get Real Meals, the bestselling cookbook author and Food Network star serves up another helping of creative, hassle-free recipes that are ready to rock your tastebuds in less than thirty minutes. The latest addition to Rachael’s runaway hit series of 30-Minute Meals cookbooks is designed for cooks who want to look and feel great but long for the fun and the flavor that’s missing from their extreme low-carb meals. Why fill your shopping cart and your stomach with processed, low-carb cereals and breads that taste like cardboard when you can eat the foods you crave? Here, at last, are recipes for those who just cannot and will not live totally carb-free: Pasta dinners made mostly with proteins and vegetables and only a couple of ounces of pasta per servings, fresh Thai and Mexican lettuce wraps, take-out-style stir-frys, and tons of burger ideas—with and without the buns. And when you’ve just got to satisfy that sweet tooth, even nonbakers (like Rachael) will flip for Nutty Creamsicle Pie, Stuffed Roasted Strawberries, and other surprisingly easy dessert recipes.

With more than 150 new dishes, plenty of time-saving tips, and a generous serving of Rachael's “you can do it” attitude, 30-Minute Get Real Meals proves you don’t have to go to extremes to eat healthy.

Rachael Ray confesses that there’s pasta in her pantry, and she isn’t afraid to admit that chili is just an excuse to snack on corn chips. On the other hand, she also confesses that it’s more fun to shop for clothes when she’s eating fewer carbs. So what’s a carb-frustrated cook to do these days? Don’t go to extremes, says the force of nature behind Food Network’s 30-Minute Meals. Get real! With a little creativity and less than half an hour, now you can watch your carbs and eat them, too. Satisfy your carb-starved cravings and still mind that waistline with more than 150 healthy, delicious recipes—including Rachael’s first-ever section devoted just to desserts:

•Snacks and Super-Supper Snacks

•Burgers Gone Wild

•Take a Dip: Fondues

•Salads that Stack Up

•That’s Souper

•Well-Rounded Square Meals

•Pasta: Come Home Again

•Desserts? Yes, Desserts!

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great food.......2007-10-07

Another great book full of the tastiest simplistic recipes I have grown to expect from Rachael Ray.

Horrible & too much Pork .......2007-10-01

This book is horrible especially if you are someone that doesn't like or prefers not to eat PORK since half the Book requires PORK PRODUCTS. The meals are short but unless you start preparing the items you need - no meal is 30 minutes. Some of the items are Quick but not 1/2 & I am a Great cook that was not satisfied with this book. Sorry :(

Disappointed!.......2007-08-29

I was extremely disappointed with the recipes. Most of the ingredients call for unusual cooking items and most recipes call for salt. They just weren't appealing and I probably won't use anything from the book.

Racheal Ray's 30-minute Get Real Meals: Eat Healthy Without Goimg to Extremes.......2007-07-11

I was excited by the reviews I read on this cookbook and the fact that the receipes were not time consuming. How I was very dissappointed. There are many receipes for cooking pork and beef, both of which I eat in very limited portions. Also some spices I am unfamiliar with and would hvae liked to know what part of the grocery store to find them, without having to spend a lot of time searching.

It's Real Alright!.......2007-06-24

This is a must have book for busy parents who need to feed their munchkins quick and healthy meals. Recipes from this book keep baby smiling all the time. And they help keep dad from being mistaken for a grounded blimp. The meals are savory and delicious. Now if I could only have Mrs. Ray over to cook one for us some night---that would be a great treat!

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