Preface |
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Chapter 1 The Constitutional Convention |
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1 | (26) |
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2 | (6) |
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The Constitutional Convention |
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8 | (19) |
Chapter 2 Creating the Presidency |
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The Making of the Presidency: An Overview |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (3) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (3) |
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Institutional Separation from Congress |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (14) |
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55 | (4) |
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Ratifying the Constitution |
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59 | (11) |
Chapter 3 Bringing the Constitutional Presidency to Life: George Washington and John Adams |
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70 | (30) |
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The Election of George Washington |
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71 | (2) |
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Making the Presidency Safe for Democracy |
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73 | (2) |
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Forming the Executive Branch |
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75 | (2) |
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Presidential "Supremacy" and the Conduct of the Executive Branch |
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77 | (3) |
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Presidential Nonpartisanship and the Beginning of Party Conflict |
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80 | (7) |
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Washington's Retirement and the Jay Treaty: The Constitutional Crisis of 1796 |
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87 | (3) |
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90 | (1) |
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The Embattled Presidency of John Adams |
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91 | (3) |
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The Alien and Sedition Acts |
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94 | (6) |
Chapter 4 The Triumph of Jeffersonianism |
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100 | (26) |
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101 | (3) |
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Jefferson's War with the Judiciary |
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104 | (1) |
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The Democratic-Republican Program and the Adjustment to Power |
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105 | (4) |
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The Limits of "Popular" Leadership |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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The Presidency of James Madison and the Rise of the House of Representatives |
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113 | (4) |
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The Presidencies of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams |
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117 | (9) |
Chapter 5 The Age of Jackson |
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126 | (32) |
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127 | (3) |
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The Rise of the Party Convention |
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130 | (1) |
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Jackson's Struggle with Congress |
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131 | (2) |
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The Aftermath of the Bank Veto |
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133 | (1) |
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The Decline of the Cabinet |
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134 | (2) |
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The Limits of the Jacksonian Presidency |
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136 | (3) |
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Martin Van Buren and the Panic of 1837 |
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139 | (1) |
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The Jacksonian Presidency Sustained |
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140 | (3) |
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John Tyler and the Problem of Presidential Succession |
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143 | (2) |
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The Presidency of James K. Polk |
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145 | (5) |
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The Slavery Controversy and the Twilight of the Jacksonian Presidency |
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150 | (8) |
Chapter 6 The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln |
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158 | (23) |
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Lincoln and the Slavery Controversy |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (2) |
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Lincoln's Wartime Measures |
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166 | (4) |
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The Emancipation Proclamation |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (5) |
Chapter 7 The Reaction against Presidential Power: Andrew Johnson to William McKinley |
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181 | (37) |
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Reconstruction and the Assault on Executive Authority |
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183 | (5) |
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson |
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188 | (1) |
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Ulysses S. Grant and the Abdication of Executive Power |
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189 | (6) |
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The Fight to Restore Presidential Power |
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195 | (10) |
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Congressional Government and the Prelude to a More Active Presidency |
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205 | (13) |
Chapter 8 Progressive Politics and Executive Power: The Presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson |
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218 | (47) |
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Expansion of Executive Power |
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219 | (15) |
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The Troubled Presidency of William Howard Taft |
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234 | (6) |
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Progressive Politics and the Elections of 1912 |
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240 | (3) |
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Woodrow Wilson's Theory of Executive Leadership |
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243 | (2) |
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245 | (1) |
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The Art of Popular Leadership |
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245 | (2) |
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Wilson's Relations with Congress |
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247 | (3) |
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250 | (15) |
Chapter 9 The Triumph of Conservative Republicanism |
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265 | (23) |
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267 | (8) |
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The "Silent" Politics of Calvin Coolidge |
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275 | (3) |
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Herbert C. Hoover and the Great Depression |
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278 | (5) |
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283 | (5) |
Chapter 10 The Consolidation of the Modern Presidency: Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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288 | (45) |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency |
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289 | (18) |
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The Modern Presidency Sustained: Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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307 | (26) |
Chapter 11 Personalizing the Presidency: John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter |
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333 | (44) |
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John F. Kennedy and the Rise of the "Personal Presidency" |
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334 | (7) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson and Presidential Government |
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341 | (7) |
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The Twenty-Fifth Amendment |
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348 | (3) |
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The Presidency of Richard Nixon |
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351 | (12) |
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Gerald R. Ford and the Post-Watergate Era |
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363 | (3) |
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366 | (11) |
Chapter 12 A Restoration of Presidential Power? Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush |
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377 | (33) |
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377 | (14) |
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Reagan's Legacy and the Accession of George H.W. Bush |
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391 | (6) |
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397 | (13) |
Chapter 13 Bill Clinton and the Modern Presidency |
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410 | (27) |
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411 | (3) |
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The First Year of the Clinton Presidency |
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414 | (4) |
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The 1994 Elections and the Restoration of Divided Government |
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418 | (2) |
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420 | (6) |
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Balanced Budgets, Impeachment Politics, and the Limits of the Third Way |
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426 | (11) |
Chapter 14 George W. Bush and Unilateral Presidential Power |
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437 | (25) |
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438 | (2) |
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440 | (2) |
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The Early Months of the Bush Presidency |
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442 | (3) |
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September 11 and the War on Terrorism |
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445 | (1) |
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446 | (5) |
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Bush and the Republican Party |
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451 | (5) |
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456 | (6) |
Chapter 15 Barack Obama and the Dilemma of Modern Presidential Leadership |
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462 | (24) |
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464 | (1) |
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Ideology, Partisan Politics, and the Democratic Party |
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465 | (4) |
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The New Foundation and Partisan Rancor |
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469 | (4) |
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Obama, Partisanship, and the War on Terrorism |
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473 | (2) |
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Obama and the Administrative Presidency |
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475 | (3) |
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The 2010 Midterm Elections |
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478 | (1) |
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Barack Obama, the Modern Presidency, and American Democracy |
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479 | (7) |
Chapter 16 The Vice Presidency |
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486 | (29) |
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487 | (3) |
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The Vice Presidency in the Nineteenth Century |
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490 | (3) |
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Theodore Roosevelt to Harry S. Truman |
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493 | (4) |
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The Modern Vice Presidency |
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497 | (13) |
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510 | (5) |
Appendix |
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515 | (34) |
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Constitution of the United States |
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517 | (19) |
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U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents |
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536 | (3) |
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Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789-2008 |
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539 | (10) |
Index |
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