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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:08 PM
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Poll question: Who is the best narrator?
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:09 PM
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1. Peter Graves. n/t
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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:09 PM
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2. You should add Orson Welles and Vincent Price.

I would still vote for James Earl Jones, though.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:10 PM
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3. Captain Picard
aka Patrick Stewart. I'm a sucker for a British accent.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:11 PM
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4. Burl Ives!
Oh... Wait. What was the question again?
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:12 PM
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8. Who did the best renditon of "Honeycomb"?
nt
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:11 PM
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5. walter cronkite
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:12 PM
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6. An up and coming one - Dennis Haysbeck
The "Allstate" guy...
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:13 PM
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9. Thank you, I've been wondering who that was. I don't watch enough
TV to remember where I've seen people.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:16 PM
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12. I do so love his voice.
I think the ultimate narrator would be William Hurt, though. I have never loved another man's voice quite as much as William Hurt's.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:31 PM
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15. It's Dennis Haysbert, AKA President Palmer on 24.


And, yes, his voice is awesome.
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:11 PM
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52. My mistake on the spelling!!!!
too late to edit...
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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:12 PM
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7. Other - David Attenborough n/t
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 10:50 AM
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59. No contest
:thumbsup:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:14 PM
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10. Loren Green was my favorite. Loved his voice.
Guess that dates me.
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 01:19 PM
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48. The Voice of Doom!
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 10:52 PM
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11. Paul Winfield was the best
indeed he was
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 03:35 AM
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37. Yes. He's good. I hear him doing those true crime shows on court tv
all the time. I was bummed when he passed. I used to see him in the market where I lived. Wish I wouldve spoke to him. He was great in Sounder. Just saw it the other day.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 07:33 AM
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43. Did you see him in Huckleberry Finn?
Edited on Sun May-14-06 07:37 AM by Starbucks Anarchist
The guy could really sing, too. Also, his performance in two episodes of "Picket Fences" was great.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934902/bio

He seemed to be doing well personally. His companion was with him for 30 years.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:29 AM
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44. No but thanks for the heads up.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:17 PM
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13. I always like David McCullough, but Will Arnet aka Gob Bluth is good too
:)
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cobalt1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 06:40 AM
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39. Agree on David McCullough
Great narrator and writer (just wish he'd write more books).
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:19 PM
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14. Martin Sheen has always been excellent
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:32 PM
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16. Never get out of the boat!
Absolutely goddamn right. ...
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:39 PM
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17. I've always been a Leonard Nimoy fan...
but I loved Morgan Freeman's telling of The March of the Penguins.

Christiane Amanpour and David Attenborough have captivating voices, too.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:41 PM
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19. I used to love Nimoy in "In Search Of." I loved "March of the Penguins."
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:26 AM
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26. I just watched the Penguins tonight
What an incredible movie.

Love when one of them falls on her butt (one of the moms), gets us, hangs her head and mumbles something that I'm sure is #%$#*%$%Q#*!! in Penguin talk.

Aren't the little ones adorable?

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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:33 AM
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29. Precious!
They're such amazing creatures! :loveya:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:39 AM
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30. I never thought I'd tear up
during the movie...but I did - on many occasions. (some were tears of joy, or beauty)

Just...incredible, they are. :hi:
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:39 PM
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18. What is the name of the guy who narrates "Frontline?"
Edited on Sat May-13-06 11:40 PM by bob_weaver
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:41 PM
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20. Will Lyman.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528164/
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:44 PM
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21. Thanks - his voice sort of has a built-in paranoia to it, that makes those
Frontline reports all the more chilling.
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Pharlo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 01:14 PM
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47. Yeah.......my vote goes to Will Lyman as well.
I really missed his narrating on frontline while he was working on TV series.
(The most recent being 'Commander in Chief' as the VP.)
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:48 PM
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22. John Hurt
That's right. I said it.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 01:19 PM
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61. From that old Jim Henson series?
I forget the name. And I always get him mixed up with William Hurt.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-13-06 11:52 PM
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23. Bill Kurtis
Every time I hear his voice I think of that A&E series on The Men Who Killed Kennedy.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:05 AM
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24. Peter Coyote.
He's done several documentary narrations.
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electricmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:27 AM
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27. My choice also
He has the perfect voice for it.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 03:33 AM
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36. First one I thought of. and the late William Conrad...and Sheen aint bad.
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veganred Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 09:22 PM
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55. Peter Coyote as well!
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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:20 AM
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25. Donald Sutherland. Or Keiffer
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:44 AM
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31. I wish I sounded like Kiefer Sutherland.
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Autonomy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:28 AM
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28. VINCENT PRICE.
That's all.
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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 02:45 AM
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32. Edward Huurman. (Head vampire in Lost Boys, gramps on Gilmour Girls...)
Narrates for the History Channel a lot.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 10:47 AM
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58. Sorry. Edward Herrmann.
I met him at the Folger's Theater Gala in the Spring of 1990 and he said he "enjoyed playing the vampire as much as FDR in 'Eleanor and Franklin' !":woohoo:
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laheina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 02:51 AM
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33. Chris Christopherson
Edited on Sun May-14-06 02:51 AM by laheina
I almost cried when I watched a documentary about Janis Joplin (who he was involved with) and his credit showed on screen at the end.
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RedG1 Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 03:13 AM
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34. Kiefer Sutherland
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 03:26 AM
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35. Nimoy in his prime. But for today, I'd say Morgan Freeman.
James Earl Jones is too Mufasa for me these days.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 06:38 AM
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38. is Hoyt Axton still living?
always liked the sound of his voice:shrug:



































:hide:
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 07:08 AM
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40. Garrison Keillor
Edited on Sun May-14-06 07:09 AM by Kire
Does Lake Wobegon count as Narration?
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 07:29 AM
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41. Morgan Freeman
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Cruzan Donating Member (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 07:30 AM
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42. James Mason
His narration of the silent film documentary Hollywood really brought out the iconic, epic feel of the material and I remember his voice in it now as much as I remember the rest of the movie.
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long_green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:07 PM
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45. John Facenda
The voice of NFL Films in the 60's and 70's.
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Va Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 07:06 PM
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54. Yeah. That's the one.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:11 PM
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46. Yes! to Paul WINFIELD (post #11), now deceased
on City Confidential. I don't know anything about his life, but either the loose dentures or the booze made for a rich, syrupy, slurred ensemble.
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SparklyJr Donating Member (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 01:22 PM
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49. Morgan Freeman and Garrison Keillor
I mean come on.. March of the Penguins? The whole movie nothing but penguins and Morgan Freeman, and it was awesome. Garrison Keillor because he's just a great storyteller.
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AmyDeLune Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 01:45 PM
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50. Liev Schreiber, Sam Waterston n/t
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 09:25 PM
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56. I LOVE Waterston as a narrator.
:thumbsup:

:D
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Beausoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:05 PM
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51. That's easy....Ed Herlihy. A voice like velvet and such a style.
http://www.radioshowtime.com/gallery.php?in_base=herlihy
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TheCentepedeShoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 05:17 PM
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53. Linda Hunt
although I think I could listen to five hours of Morgan Freeman reading the phone book.
See March of the Penguins ?
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 10:44 AM
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57. Peter Coyote.
:wow:
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 01:09 PM
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60. Bobcat Goldwait
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