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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Gearing Up to Edit | |
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| Before You Begin | |
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| What Level of Work Will You Do? | |
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| Who Is the Audience? | |
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| When Is It Due? | |
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| What Format Is It In? | |
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| Which References Will You Use? | |
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| Who Will Answer Your Questions? | |
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| Tools | |
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| Project Information Checklist | |
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| Techniques and Tools | |
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| Consult the Experts | |
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| The World Wide Reference Department | |
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| Do It with Style | |
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| Follow the Leader and Pass It Around | |
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| The Last Word in Style | |
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| Make Your Mark | |
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| On Hard Copy | |
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| In Electronic Files | |
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| Learn the Art of Asking | |
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| What to Ask and What to Tell | |
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| Choosing Your Words | |
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| Fewer Is Better | |
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| Going Global | |
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| Making Queries Stick | |
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| Reviewing Your Queries | |
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| Do It in Stages | |
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| The Preliminary Skim | |
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| The First Pass | |
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| The Second Pass | |
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| The Final (Short) Passes | |
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| Tools | |
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| Standard Editorial Marks | |
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| Starter Style Sheet | |
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| Online Editorial Resources | |
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| The 3 Cs: What to Look for as You Work | |
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| Is It Correct? | |
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| The Pieces of the Puzzle | |
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| The Rules of the Game | |
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| Agreement Is All-Important | |
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| Apostrophes Are for Possessives, Not Plurals | |
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| Capitals Can Clutter | |
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| Commas Are Crucial | |
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| Conjunctions Can Open; Prepositions Can Close | |
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| Hyphens Are Helpful (but Not Always Right) | |
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| Dashes Are Indispensable | |
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| Infinitives Can (and Sometimes Should) Come Apart | |
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| Danglers Can Deceive | |
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| Numbers Need Consistency | |
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| Punctuation Can Pile Up | |
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| Semicolons Are Sophisticated | |
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| Colons Wear Coattails | |
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| Which Word When? | |
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| A or An? | |
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| Bad or Badly? | |
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| It's or Its? | |
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| Less or Fewer? | |
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| Like or As? | |
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| Was or Were? | |
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| Which or That? | |
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| Who or Whom? | |
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| Tools | |
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| Words Most Often Confused | |
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| Words Most Often Misspelled | |
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| Is It Correct? Checklist | |
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| Is It Consistent? | |
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| Style Sheets, Revisited | |
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| Method, 1; Madness, 0 | |
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| A Crash Course in Consistency | |
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| Fast and Loose Facts | |
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| Spelling | |
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| Capitalization | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| Numbers | |
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| Fonts | |
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| Icons and Symbols | |
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| Vertical Lists | |
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| Tables | |
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| Document Titles and Headings | |
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| Captions and Labels | |
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| Page Numbers, Headers, and Footers | |
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| Tables of Contents | |
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| Tools | |
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| Is It Consistent? Checklist | |
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| Is It Clear (and Compelling)? | |
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| Proofreading | |
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| Copyediting | |
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| Light Copyediting | |
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| Medium Copyediting | |
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| Heavy Copyediting | |
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| Substantive Editing | |
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| Where Clear and Compelling Come From | |
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| The Level of Writing | |
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| The Overall Structure | |
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| The Word Choice and Tone | |
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| The Clear and Compelling Makeover | |
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| Tools | |
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| 12 Tips for Compelling Writing | |
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| Wordiness Watch List | |
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| Buzzwords to Banish | |
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| Writing for the World: A Guide to Globalization | |
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| Is It Clear and Compelling? Checklist | |
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| Onscreen and Online | |
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| Microsoft Word Documents | |
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| Track Changes-the Better Red Pencil | |
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| Using Track Changes | |
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| Beyond Track Changes | |
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| Checking Spelling and Grammar | |
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| Searching | |
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| Inserting Breaks | |
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| Inserting Symbols | |
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| Alphabetizing | |
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| Formatting | |
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| Make Word Less Helpful | |
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| Take Advantage of the Toolbars | |
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| Make Yourself a Macro | |
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| Make Bullets and Numbers Behave | |
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| Use Fonts with Finesse | |
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| Set the Spacing | |
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| Take Tables in Stride | |
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| Advanced Options | |
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| Add Automatic Tables of Contents | |
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| Insert Hyperlinks | |
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| Check the Word Count | |
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| Compare Text | |
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| Check Heading Levels | |
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| Returning Finished Files | |
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| Tools | |
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| Editing in Word-a Quick Reference | |
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| Handy Keyboard Shortcuts | |
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| PDF Documents | |
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| Different Routes, Same Destination | |
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| Working on Paper | |
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| Working on Paper and Onscreen | |
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| Working Onscreen Only | |
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| The Tools You'll Use (or See) the Most | |
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| The Hand Tool | |
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| The Top-Drawer Editorial Tools | |
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| A Few Comments About Comments | |
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| Viewing Comments | |
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| Printing | |
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| Some Second-Drawer Tools | |
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| Attach a File as a Comment | |
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| Upload for Browser-Based Review | |
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| Beyond Comments and Tools | |
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| Edit | |
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| Completing Your Work | |
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| Tools | |
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| Editing PDFs-a Quick Reference | |
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| PowerPoint Files | |
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| Powers You Have and Powers You Don't | |
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| Marking Up Printouts | |
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| Editing Embeds | |
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| The Direct Approach | |
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| Inserting Comments and Recording Changes in PowerPoint | |
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| PowerPoint Printing | |
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| Tools | |
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| PowerPoint Editing-a Quick Reference | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Where Language Goes, Rules Follow | |
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| Links, Banners, Buttons, and Bars | |
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| Real Marks for Virtual Pages | |
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| Marking Changes on Hard Copy | |
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| Using an Electronic Reporting Form | |
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| Using a Screen Capture | |
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| What to Watch for on the Web | |
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| Is It Correct? | |
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| Is It Consistent? | |
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| Is It Clear (and Compelling)? | |
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| Does It Work? | |
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| Tools | |
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| Sample Electronic Reporting Form | |
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| Checklist for Web Editing | |
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| Specialty Editing | |
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| Special Topics, Not Special Skills | |
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| Advertising | |
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| Advertising Style-a Whole Different Animal | |
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| Trademark Symbols | |
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| Annual Reports with Financials | |
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| Catalogs | |
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| Computer-Related Text | |
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| Tools | |
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| Checklist for Computer-Related Text | |
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| Editorial Extras | |
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| Testing, Testing... | |
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| Testing, Testing ... Proofreading Answer Key | |
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| Testing, Testing ... Editing Answer Key | |
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| Expanded/Professional Style Sheet Template | |
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| Professional 8-Stage Proofreading Checklist | |
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| Complete Editorial Checklist | |
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| Glossary | |
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| For Reference and Reading | |
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| Index | |