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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <alllinks galcontinue="Education_&amp;_Formation:_Final_Paper" />
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  <query>
    <pages>
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      <page pageid="13" ns="0" title="Copyright, Copyleft, and the Future of the Publishing Industry" />
      <page pageid="563" ns="0" title="Dear Buddy the Dog" />
      <page pageid="14" ns="0" title="Distillation of 2nd Gathering and Neill&#039;s Proposal" />
      <page pageid="15" ns="0" title="Dunn Bro&#039;s Playlist" />
      <page pageid="16" ns="0" title="Early &amp; Medieval Church History: Augustine&#039;s Confessions" />
      <page pageid="17" ns="0" title="Early &amp; Medieval Church History: Julian of Norwich" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>