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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1208
Life after aspartame, Pat Thomas, The Ecologist, UK 2005 Sept: three
aspartame headache studies: HJ Roberts opus: Murray 2005.08.24

http://www.ecologist.cognita.info/archive_detail.asp?content_id=451

http://www.theecologist.org/current.asp [ photo of cover, re aspartame ]

In this month's issue

September 2005. On sale tomorrow - August 19, 2005

Aspartame - COVER STORY
Once on the list of potential Pentagon bioweapons... associated with cancer
and neurological disorders... banned for years until a firm run by Donald
Rumsfeld lobbied his contacts in Washington to get it legalised... and
probably consumed by you within the last 24 hours.

Life after Aspartame - COVER STORY
Like Aspartame, artificial sweetener Sucralose is apparently 'safe'. So why
is Tate & Lyle so keen to suppress any criticism of it?

ASPARTAME

Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. The most
recent evidence, linking it to leukaemia and lymphoma, has added substantial
fuel to the ongoing protests of doctors, scientists and consumer groups who
allege that this artificial sweetener should never have been released onto
the market and that allowing it to remain in the food chain is killing us by
degrees.

Date: 2005/08/19 Author: Pat Thomas

Once upon a time, aspartame was listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical
warfare agent. Today it's an integral part of the modern diet. Sold
commercially under names like NutraSweet and Canderel, aspartame can be
found in more than 5,000 foods, including fizzy drinks, chewing gum,
table-top sweeteners, diet and diabetic foods, breakfast cereals, jams,
sweets, vitamins, prescription and over-the-counter drugs. This means that
there is a good chance that you and your family are among the two thirds of
the adult population and 40 per cent of children who regularly ingest this
artificial sweetener.

Because it contains no calories, aspartame is considered a boon to
health-conscious individuals everywhere; and most of us, if we think about
it at all, think it is safe. But independent scientists say aspartame can
produce a range of disturbing adverse effects in humans, including
headaches, memory loss, mood swings, seizures, multiple sclerosis and
Parkinson's-like symptoms, tumours and even death.

Concerns over aspartame's toxicity meant that for eight years, the US Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) denied it approval, effectively keeping it off
the world market. This caution was based on compelling evidence, brought to
light by numerous eminent scientists, litigators and consumer groups, that
aspartame contributed to serious central nervous system damage and had been
shown to cause cancer in animals. Eventually, however, political muscle, won
out over scientific rigour, and aspartame was approved for use in 1981 (see
timeline for details).

The FDA's about-turn opened the floodgates for aspartame's swift approval by
more than 70 regulatory authorities around the world. But, as the remarkable
history of the sweetener shows, the clean bill of health given to it by
government regulators -- whose raison d'etre should be to protect the public
from harm -- is simply not worth the paper it is printed on.

ASPARTAME REACTIONS: A HIDDEN EPIDEMIC

Aspartame has been linked to a host of devastating central nervous system
disorders

When aspartame was approved for use, Dr HJ Roberts, director of the Palm
Beach Institute for Medical Research, had no reason to doubt the FDA's
decision. 'But my attitude changed,' he says, 'after repeatedly encountering
serious reactions in my patients that seemed justifiably linked to
aspartame.' Twenty years on, Roberts has coined the phrase 'aspartame
disease' to describe the wide range of adverse effects he has seen among
aspartame-guzzling patients.

He estimates: 'Hundreds of thousands of consumers, more likely millions,
currently suffer major reactions to products containing aspartame. Today,
every physician probably encounters aspartame disease in everyday practice,
especially among patients with illnesses that are undiagnosed or difficult
to treat.'

As a guide for other doctors, Roberts, a recognised expert in difficult
diagnoses, has published a lengthy series of case studies, Aspartame
Disease: an ignored epidemic (Sunshine Sentinel Press), in which he
meticulously details his treatment of 1,200 aspartame-sensitive individuals,
or 'reactors', encountered in his own practice. Following accepted medical
procedure for detecting sensitivities to foods, Roberts had his patients
remove aspartame from their diets. With nearly two thirds of reactors,
symptoms began to improve within days of removing aspartame, and
improvements were maintained as long as aspartame was kept out of their
diet.

[ Rich Murray: More accurately, page 66, "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored
Epidemic:

This book focuses on the first 1,200 aspartame reactors in the author's data
base. These persons include the following:

* 188 private patients and other individuals who were personally
interviewed.
* Complainants who described their aspartame-asssociated reactions to
Aspartame Victims and Their Friends (295),
The Community Nutrition Institute (68), and
Dr. Woodrow Monte of Arizona State University (28)
* The remainded supplied details of their reactions to the author or to
Mission Possible, a volunteer consumer organization (Chapter I). Of this
group, 697 (58%) completed the 9-page survey questionaire (Section 4).

page 80: A chemist who developed migraine from certain foods and additives
performed six double-blind studies on himself. He found that as little as
4.0 mg aspartame in a capsule predictably induced headache (Strong 2000) [
This dose is only 2% of a diet soda. Abstract given below. ] ]


Roberts' case studies parallel much of what was revealed in the FDA's report
on adverse reactions to aspartame - that toxicity often reveals itself
through central nervous system disorders and compromised immunity. His
casework shows that aspartame toxicity can mimic the symptoms of and/or
worsen several diseases that fall into these broad categories (see the box
above).

CONDITIONS MIMICKED BY ASPARTAME TOXICITY

 multiple sclerosis
 Parkinson's disease
 Alzheimer's disease
 fibromyalgia
 arthritis
 multiple chemical sensitivity
 chronic fatigue syndrome
 attention deficit disorder
 panic disorder
 depression and other psychological disorders
 lupus
 diabetes and diabetic complications
 birth defects
 lymphoma
 Lyme disease
 hypothyroidism

Case studies, especially a large series like this, address some of the
issues surrounding real-world use in a way that laboratory studies never
can; and the conclusions that can be drawn from such observations aren't
just startling, they are also potentially highly significant. In fact,
Roberts believes that one of the major problems with aspartame research has
been the continued over-emphasis on laboratory studies. This has meant that
the input of concerned independent physicians and other interested persons,
especially consumers, is 'reflexively discounted as "anecdotal"'.

Many of the diseases listed by Roberts fall into the category of medicine's
'mystery diseases' -- conditions with no clear aetiology and few effective
cures. And while no one is suggesting that aspartame is the single cause of
such diseases, Roberts' research suggests that some people diagnosed with,
for example, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's or chronic fatigue syndrome may
end up on a regimen of potentially harmful drugs that could have been
avoided if they simply stopped ingesting aspartame-laced products......

The full report is in the September 2005 issue of the Ecologist magazine.


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Patricia Thomas has written about medical research for many years, and from
1991 to early 1997 she was editor of the Harvard Health Letter.
She has been a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and in 1998 was awarded the Leonard Silk Journalism
Fellowship for Big Shot, a work-in-progress at the time.
She was also among the first healthy volunteers to be injected with an
experimental DNA vaccine for AIDS, in a study at the National Institutes of
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Thomas is the Visiting Scholar at the Knight Center for Science and Medical
Journalism at Boston University for the 2002-2003 academic year.
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http://www.uga.edu/columns/050404/news-thomas.html [ photo ]

Pat Thomas, award-winning author, named to Knight professorship in health,
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Patricia Thomas

An award-winning author, journalist and editor has been named the first
holder of the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism at UGA,
responsible for a major outreach project aimed at improving the flow of
public health news in the impoverished South.

Patricia Thomas, who has written about medicine, public health and life
science research for more than 30 years, has agreed to join the Grady
College of Journalism and Mass Communication in August.

"We're delighted that Pat Thomas will be the first holder of this important
position," says John Soloski, dean of the college. "Her background and
interest in public health communication is without equal. Her presence will
no doubt bolster Grady's already strong health communication program and
further cement the university's commitment to improving public health."

From 1991 to 1997, Thomas was the first non--physician to serve as editor of
the "Harvard Health Letter," the oldest consumer health newsletter in the
country.
She has been a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and in 1998 was awarded the Leonard Silk Journalism
Fellowship for her book Big Shot: Passion, Politics and the Struggle for an
AIDS Vaccine, a work-in-progress at the time.
She was also among the first healthy volunteers to be injected with an
experimental DNA vaccine for AIDS, in a study at the National Institutes of
Health.

Thomas won the 2002 Deterling Award of Distinction from the New England
chapter of the American Medical Writers Association.
During the 2002-03 academic year, she was a visiting scholar at Boston
University's Knight Center for Science and Medical Journalism.
While there, she taught graduate students and wrote The Anthrax Attacks, the
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Age of Terrorism that explored how the Patriot Act and related legislation
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leading causes of death.

Thomas has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California
at Berkeley and
a master's in communication from Stanford University.
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editor.
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Institute and advisor to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Knight
Science Journalism Fellowship.

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health and medical journalism and create an outreach program aimed at
improving the flow of health news to the Southern Black Belt, a rural strip
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University of Georgia's Grady College
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Pat Thomas

ATHENS, Ga.-An award-winning author, journalist and editor has been named
the first holder of the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism at the
University of Georgia, responsible for a major outreach project aimed at
improving the flow of public health news in the impoverished South.
Patricia Thomas, who has written about medicine, public health and life
science research for more than 30 years, has agreed to join the Grady
College of Journalism and Mass Communication in August......

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From: "Rich Murray" <rmforall@...>
To: <fstrong@...>
Subject: Murray: Strong: aspartame, MSG, gelatin capsules, etc. cause
headaches 10.28.00
Date: Monday, October 30, 2000 1:03 AM

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Murray: Strong:
aspartame, MSG, gelatin capsules, etc. cause headaches 10.28.00
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:59:32 -0700
From: Rich Murray <rmforall@...>
To: aspartameNM@egroups.com, stemme_av_skoget@...
Newsgroups: bionet.toxicology,bionet.neuroscience,sci.med.nutrition,
alt.support.headaches,alt.discuss.health.toxicity,sci.med.pharmacy

Murray: Strong:
aspartame, MSG, gelatin capsules, etc. cause headaches 10.28.00

Subject: aspartame, msg
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:09:49 -0400
From: Frederick Strong <fstrong@...>
To: Rich Murray <rmforall@...>
CC: stemme_av_skoget@...

Dear Rich & John:

I do sympathize with your health problems. Mine are less serious.
I will share information about them. Maybe it will be helpful.
I get migraine headaches from
many foods and have prepared a paper that is being considered for
publication by the journal HEADACHE.
My research consisted of determining the quantities
of each food that gave me a moderate headache.
In the course of doing this, I discovered
that 100 mg of caffeine would relieve the headache.

In increasing order, the quantities of some foods and food components
causing me a moderate headache were:
sodium sorbate (0.3 mg),
beta-phenylethylamine (0.5 mg),
tyramine (1.0 mg),
aspartame (4.0 mg),
sodium benzoate (80 mg),
HVP (125 mg),
MSG (400 mg),
blue cheese (3.0 g),
almonds (5.0 g).
The types of chemical compounds I identified as causing me headaches
include amines, phenols and carboxylic acids.
This gives you an idea of my dietary problems.
Some are related to yours. I hope my information is helpful.
Frederick C. Strong III

Clin Exp Allergy 2000 May;30(5):739-43
Why do some dietary migraine patients claim
they get headaches from placebos?
Strong 3rd FC
Departamento de Ciencia de Alimentos
Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil
http://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/universidade/universidade.html
and Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University
www.bucknell.edu 570-577-2000
Lewisburg, PA, USA.
Strong Frederick C fstrong@...
c/o C H Clapp Chemistry Dept, Graduate/Special, guest

BACKGROUND: In six double-blind studies
involving 182 tests of dietary migraine patients
sensitive to tyramine and beta-phenylethylamine,
18% reported headaches from placebos which
were all concealed in gelatin capsules.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research was to test a
hypothesis:
gelatin is partially hydrolysed animal protein;
(partially) hydrolysed vegetable protein
(PHVP) is known to cause migraine;
perhaps the gelatin caused some of the headaches.
METHOD: The author tested this hypothesis on himself
because he suffers from dietary migraine.
He proved this in a double-blind test with
tyramine hydrochloride (TYH). The amount required
for the test was so small (1 mg) that it was tasteless
and capsules were unnecessary.
The author then undertook tests with a capsule, PHVP,
monosodium glutamate (MSG) aspartame
(a dipeptide) and TYH,
adjusting quantities to give a moderate headache.
Samples were mixed with
foods to simulate normal eating:
the capsule with potato chips, aspartame with orange juice and
the rest with cottage cheese or ricotta cheese.
Times were measured from ingestion (1) to start of
the headache and (2) to maximum headache intensity.
Each experiment was repeated three times.
The headaches were relieved with caffeine.
RESULTS: Of eight double-blind test samples, the
author identified correctly the two placebos and
five of the six samples containing tyramine.
Quantities giving moderate headaches were:
1 gelatin capsule, 400 mg MSG, 118 mg PHVP,
4.0 mg aspartame and 1.0 mg TYH. Typical times
for the three repetitions of the two time periods
were 8, 9 and 11 and 17, 19 and 22 min.
CONCLUSIONS: Capsules may give headaches to
dietary migraine patients that are similar to those from foods.
This would explain some of the
headaches of patients from placebos.
The double-blind test and the repeatability of the time
measurements demonstrated the validity of the experiments.
PMID: 10792367, UI: 20252980
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Murray: Strong: PHVP (gelatin capsules), MSG, aspartame,
TYH cause headache May 2000

July 27 2000

Clin Exp Allergy 2000 May; 30(5): 739-43
Why do some dietary migraine patients claim
they get headaches from placebos?
Strong FC

This study shows why many headache studies
give high rates of headache from the placebos, especially for
those already prone to migraine. Probably other typical
reactions occur as well, creating many of the symptoms
attributed to aspartame and to MSG, ranging the gauntlet
from other body pains to confusion and weakness to
seizures. This study at a single stroke casts doubt on most of
the studies in recent decades that have been claimed to
prove the safety of aspartame and of MSG, since the
background of increased symptoms from the capsules
reduces the capacity of the experiment to show that the
subject group differs significantly from the control
(placebo) group.

"Quantities giving moderate headaches were:
1 gelatin capsule, 400 mg MSG, 118 mg PHVP,
4.0 mg aspartame and 1.0 mg TYH."
A 12-oz can of diet soda gives 200 mg aspartame,
fifty times the dose that caused a moderate headache
for Frederick C. Strong.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/846
aspartame in Merck Maxalt-MLT worsens migraine,
AstraZeneca Zomig, Eli Lilly Zyprexa,
J&J Merck Pepcid AC (Famotidine 10mg) Chewable Tab,
Pfizer Cool Mint Listerine Pocketpaks: Murray 2002.07.16 rmforall

Migraine MLT-Down: an unusual presentation of migraine
in patients with aspartame-triggered headaches.
Newman LC, Lipton RB Headache 2001 Oct; 41(9): 899-901.
[ Merck 10-mg Maxalt-MLT, for migraine, has 3.75 mg aspartame,
while 12 oz diet soda has 200 mg. ]
Headache Institute, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
Department of Neurology newmanache@...
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Innovative Medical Research RLipton@...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/855
Blumenthall & Vance: aspartame chewing gum headaches Nov 1997:
Murray 2002.07.28 rmforall

Harvey J. Blumenthal, MD, Dwight A Vance, RPh
Chewing Gum Headaches. Headache 1997 Nov-Dec; 37(10): 665-6.
Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine,
Tulsa, USA. neurotulsa@...
Aspartame, a popular dietetic sweetener, may provoke headache in some
susceptible individuals. Herein, we describe three cases of young women
with migraine who reported their headaches could be provoked by chewing
gum sweetened with aspartame. [ 6-8 mg aspartame per stick chewing gum ]
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http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html 5-page review
Roberts HJ Aspartame (NutraSweet) addiction.
Townsend Letter 2000 Jan; HJRobertsMD@...
http://www.sunsentpress.com/ sunsentpress@...
Sunshine Sentinel Press P.O.Box 17799 West Palm Beach, FL 33416
800-814-9800 561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/669
1038-page medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic"
published May 30 2001 $ 60.00 postpaid data from 1200 cases
available at http://www.amazon.com
over 600 references from standard medical research

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/790
Moseley: review Roberts "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic":
Murray 2002.02.07 rmforall

Roberts, Hyman J., 1924- ,
Useful insights for diagnosis, treatment and public heath: an updated
anthology of original research, 2002, 798 pages,
aspartame disease, pages 627-685, 778-780

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/859
Roberts: the life work of a brilliant clinician: aspartame toxicity:
Murray 2002.08.02 rmforall
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Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@... 505-501-2298
1943 Otowi Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 USA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
group with 146 members, 1,208 posts in a public, searchable archive

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1186
aspartame induces lymphomas and leukaemias in rats, free full plain text, M
Soffritti, F Belpoggi, DD Esposti, L Lambertini, 2005 April, 2005.07.14:
main results agree with their previous methanol and formaldehyde studies,
Murray 2005.07.19

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1185
Ramazzini Institute (Italy) lifetime study with 1800 rats shows aspartame at
human use levels causes cancer (methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid), M
Soffritti and F Belpoggi: Felicity Lawrence, The Guardian (UK): Murray
2005.07.15

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1189
Michael F Jacobson of CSPI now and in 1985 re aspartame toxicity, letter to
FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford; California OEHHA aspartame critique
2004.03.12; Center for Consumer Freedom denounces CSPI: Murray 2004.07.27

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1045
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/scf2002-response.htm
Mark Gold exhaustively critiques European Commission Scientific
Committee on Food re aspartame ( 2002.12.04 ): 59 pages, 230 references

http://www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame mgold@...
Aspartame Toxicity Information Center Mark D. Gold
12 East Side Drive #2-18 Concord, NH 03301 603-225-2100
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/methanol.html
"Scientific Abuse in Aspartame Research"

Gold points out that industry methanol assays were too insensitive to
properly measure blood methanol levels. ]

Fully 11% of aspartame is methanol-- 1,120 mg aspartame in 2 L diet soda,
almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 mg methanol (wood alcohol). If 30% of
the methanol is turned into formaldehyde, the amount of formaldehyde is 18
times the USA EPA limit for daily formaldehyde in drinking water, 2 mg in 2
L water.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/835
ATSDR: EPA limit 1 ppm formaldehyde in drinking water July 1999:
Murray 2002.05.30 rmforall

Aspartame is made of phenylalanine (50% by weight) and aspartic acid (39%),
both ordinary amino acids, bound loosely together by methanol (wood alcohol,
11%). The readily released methanol from aspartame is within hours turned
by the liver into formaldehyde and then formic acid, both potent, cumulative
toxins.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1182
Joining together: short review: research on aspartame (methanol,
formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity: Murray 2005.07.08 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1071
research on aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity: Murray
2004.04.29 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1143
methanol (formaldehyde, formic acid) disposition: Bouchard M et al, full
plain text, 2001: substantial sources are degradation of fruit pectins,
liquors, aspartame, smoke: Murray 2005.04.02 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1131
genotoxicity of aspartame in human lymphocytes 2004.07.29 full plain text,
Rencuzogullari E et al, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey 2004 Aug: Murray
2004.11.06 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1088
Murray, full plain text & critique: chronic aspartame in rats affects
memory, brain cholinergic receptors, and brain chemistry, Christian B,
McConnaughey M et al, 2004 May: 2004.06.05 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1067
eyelid contact dermatitis by formaldehyde from aspartame, AM Hill & DV
Belsito, Nov 2003: Murray 2004.03.30 rmforall

Thrasher (2001): "The major difference is that the Japanese demonstrated
the incorporation of FA and its metabolites into the placenta and fetus.
The quantity of radioactivity remaining in maternal and fetal tissues
at 48 hours was 26.9% of the administered dose." [ Ref. 14-16 ]

Arch Environ Health 2001 Jul-Aug; 56(4): 300-11.
Embryo toxicity and teratogenicity of formaldehyde. [100 references]
Thrasher JD, Kilburn KH. toxicology@...
Sam-1 Trust, Alto, New Mexico, USA.
http://www.drthrasher.org/formaldehyde_embryo_toxicity.html full text

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/939
aspartame (aspartic acid, phenylalanine) binding to DNA:
Karikas July 1998: Murray 2003.01.05 rmforall
Karikas GA, Schulpis KH, Reclos GJ, Kokotos G
Measurement of molecular interaction of aspartame and
its metabolites with DNA. Clin Biochem 1998 Jul; 31(5): 405-7.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece
http://www.chem.uoa.gr gkokotos@...
"K.H. Schulpis" <inchildh@...> "G.J. Reclos" reklos@...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1052
DMDC: Dimethyl dicarbonate 200mg/L in drinks adds methanol 98 mg/L
[ becomes formaldehyde in body ]: EU Scientific Committee on Foods
2001.07.12: Murray 2004.01.22 rmforall
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