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+ <dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
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<line>Jonathan Blake</line>
<p>Armed with contact mines, the four of you infiltrated Mad Dog<ch.apos/>s base and blew up the explosives shortly after they arrived there. The unexpected destruction of the base threw his clan army into confusion and enabled the colony to break out of Fort Bliss virtually unopposed. As the colony made its escape westwards towards Tucson, your team escaped from Ciudad Juarez in a hijacked truck and made its way along the Mexican border. The plan was for you to rendezvous with the colony the following day, but mechanical breakdowns and skirmishes with Mad Dog<ch.apos/>s scouts prevented an early reunion. Enraged by the sheer nerve of your attack and the damage inflicted upon his command, Mad Dog Michigan sent for Helmut Varken, the most ruthless of all his HAVOC assassins. Relentlessly Varken shadowed your team as you traversed the mountainous forests of southern Arizona and, one-by-one, he coldly murdered your comrades until only you remained.</p>
<p>In a fateful showdown in the town of Tombstone, you faced Varken and avenged your dead companions in the yard of the town<ch.apos/>s historic courthouse. Using the deceased assassin<ch.apos/>s motorcycle, you reached Interstate 10 and followed tyre tracks that were made a day before by the convoy vehicles. They led you to the town of Benson, forty miles southeast of Tucson, where unexpectedly you met up with Kate Norton. When your team had failed to make the rendezvous, the colony had come to the reluctant conclusion that you had all perished at Ciudad Juarez. Only Kate clung to the belief that you were still alive and had persuaded the colony leaders, against their better judgement, to allow her to wait for you here.</p>
- <p>Driving your roadster, the two of you set off confidently on the final leg of your journey to Tucson. However, your confidence was soon shattered by the sudden appearance of another roadster, an armed and armoured racing machine driven by none other than your archenemy, Mad Dog Michigan. A vicious road duel ensued as you raced towards the sanctuary of the Tucson stronghold, a battle that culminated in a high-speed collision that sent your enemy careering off the freeway at over 100 miles per hour. The last you saw of the HAVOC leader was when his roadster plummeted into a deep drainage-way called the Pantona Wash.</p>
+ <p>Driving your roadster, the two of you set off confidently on the final leg of your journey to Tucson. However, your confidence was soon shattered by the sudden appearance of another roadster, an armed and armoured racing machine driven by none other than your archenemy, Mad Dog Michigan. A vicious road duel ensued as you raced towards the sanctuary of the Tucson stronghold, a battle that culminated in a high-speed collision that sent your enemy careering off the freeway at over 100 miles per hour. The last you saw of the HAVOC leader was when his roadster plummeted into a deep drainage-way called the Pantano Wash.</p>
<p>You and Kate entered the Tucson stronghold to a hero<ch.apos/>s welcome. The colony was overjoyed, for they feared that they would never see either of you again. They were saddened to hear of the deaths of your comrades, yet all drew some comfort from the knowledge that the memory of their sacrifice would never fade. Had it not been for their bravery, the convoy would never have reached Tucson intact.</p>
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+ <footnote id="equipmnt-1-foot" idref="equipmnt-1">
+ <p>If you have already completed any of the the previous <cite>Freeway Warrior</cite> adventures, it is unclear whether you may replenish your supplies before starting this adventure or whether you can only carry over the supplies you carried at the end of the previous adventure. It seems reasonable that you would be able to restock your supplies while in Tucson.</p>
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- <p>Apart from your clothing, a number of useful items form your basic equipment. These comprise a Backpack and a belt on which hang your Ammo Pouch, Medi-kit, Water Canteen, and Hunting Knife. In addition to these items, you possess a <a idref="map">Map of Southern Arizona/California</a>, which you carry tucked inside your leather jacket.</p>
+ <p>Apart from your clothing, a number of useful items form your basic equipment. These comprise a Backpack and a belt on which hang your Ammo Pouch, Medi-kit, Water Canteen, and Hunting Knife. In addition to these items, you possess a <a idref="map">Map of Southern Arizona/California</a>, which you carry tucked inside your leather jacket.<footref id="equipmnt-1" idref="equipmnt-1-foot"/></p>
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<li>Shotgun</li>
<li>Rifle</li>
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- <p>Unless you are carrying over weapons from a previous
Freeway Warrior book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Unless you are carrying over weapons from a previous
<cite>Freeway Warrior</cite> book, you begin your adventure armed with only one of these weapons. Make your choice and then record the weapon you have chosen, together with its calibre and rate of fire details, in the Missile Weapons section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>In order to be able to use a missile weapon, you must have sufficient ammunition of the correct calibre. The following list shows the calibre of each weapon, the amount that is used every time the weapon is fired, and the number of rounds that you possess at the start of your adventure:</p>
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- <p>The day after your arrival sees the withdrawal of Mad Dog Michigan<ch.apos/>s clan army from the vicinity of the Davis-Monthan air force base, stronghold of the Tucson colony. Scouts are sent to shadow the enemy and, later in the day, they return to report that the clansmen have pulled back to Nogales, a frontier town on the Mexican border. This hurried retreat reinforces the belief that Mad Dog perished when his speedster crashed into the Pantona Wash.</p>
+ <p>The day after your arrival sees the withdrawal of Mad Dog Michigan<ch.apos/>s clan army from the vicinity of the Davis-Monthan air force base, stronghold of the Tucson colony. Scouts are sent to shadow the enemy and, later in the day, they return to report that the clansmen have pulled back to Nogales, a frontier town on the Mexican border. This hurried retreat reinforces the belief that Mad Dog perished when his speedster crashed into the Pantano Wash.</p>
<p>Boosted by the arrival of your convoy, the Tucson colony now numbers over 130 men, women, and children. Supplies of food and water are adequate and, with the arrival of DC1<ch.apos/>s gasolene tanker, there is more than enough fuel to get you to California. Mike Gorgas, a former district attorney who is now the appointed leader of the Tucson colony, urges the other colony leaders to make preparations to leave the stronghold and head west without delay. The clan army may have suffered a setback but, sooner or later, prompted by a lack of supplies or a desire for revenge, they are sure to leave Nogales and attack the stronghold in force.</p>
<p>There is also the threat of an attack by the Outlaws, an exceptionally vicious clan that controls the city of Phoenix. Among their number are many criminals who have been expelled from California since <quote>The Day</quote>. Their leader, Shiloh, is one such outcast. He has been exiled into the Omega Zone (the name Californians have given to the ravaged territories east of their state line), for murder, looting, and other, lesser, crimes he and his gang perpetrated in Los Angeles. During the past few months he has often crossed swords with the Tucson colony, resulting in deaths on both sides.</p>
<p>When the time comes to plan the route to California, the colony agrees that they should try at all costs to avoid contact with Shiloh<ch.apos/>s clan. Interstate 10 is the only highway out of Tucson capable of carrying the convoy at reasonable speed, yet it passes straight through the centre of Phoenix. The only alternative is to follow this highway as far as Arizona City and then switch to Interstate 8. The colony could then follow the freeway across southern Arizona to Yuma, traverse the Colorado River at this point, and continue, through the desert and mountains of southwest California, until finally reaching its goal<ch.emdash/>the city of San Diego.</p>
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<p>You dive behind the truck to avoid getting cut down by the hail of bullets that are spewing from the barrel of the clansman<ch.apos/>s machine pistol. Unfortunately, several of the slugs penetrate the side of the pick-up truck and tear into a metal container full of industrial blasting powder that is standing in the back. A spark, caused by one of the slugs, ignites the powder with devastating effect. There is a brilliant flash and you are consumed by a searing blast of heat as the truck and its contents are blown to pieces.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at the Gila River.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at the Gila River.</deadend>
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<p>You dive away from the oncoming clan car, but your reactions are too slow to save you. It impacts into the side of your roadster and you are caught and crushed beneath the trunk of your own vehicle as it is rammed aside.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your journey and your life end here in Red Rock.</p>
+ <deadend>Sadly, your journey and your life end here in Red Rock.</deadend>
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- <p>You focus your lenses on the top of the outcrop, and at first you see nothing untoward. Then, about a minute later, a puff of smoke issues from the rock, as if a bullet has smacked into its surface. Patiently you watch the outcrop, half-expecting something else to happen. You do not have to wait very long: within a few minutes there is a rumbling noise, like the sound of distant thunder, and several giant cracks appear in the outcrop. Suddenly a whole section gives way and hundreds of tons of rock come tumbling down the mountainside.</p>
+ <p>You focus on the top of the outcrop, and at first you see nothing untoward. Then, about a minute later, a puff of smoke issues from the rock, as if a bullet has smacked into its surface. Patiently you watch the outcrop, half-expecting something else to happen. You do not have to wait very long: within a few minutes there is a rumbling noise, like the sound of distant thunder, and several giant cracks appear in the outcrop. Suddenly a whole section gives way and hundreds of tons of rock come tumbling down the mountainside.</p>
<p>You watch open-mouthed as the landslide spills out across the freeway, blocking the lanes in both directions. Rickenbacker tugs at your sleeve and suggests that you turn around and drive back to the colony as fast as you can. Numbly you nod your head and reach out to restart the engine.</p>
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<p>The coarse stammer of the clansman<ch.apos/>s machine pistol is the last sound you hear. Sharp, stinging cores of pain punch you repeatedly in the stomach and fearfully you clasp your hands to your midriff as you tumble backwards into the hollow. Warm blood oozes between your fingers, but although you are incapable of moving, you no longer feel pain. Aware that you have been shot, and that the shock of your wounds has numbed your senses, you close your eyes and slip away into the timeless embrace of death.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at Round Mountain.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at Round Mountain.</deadend>
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<p>Having dealt successfully with the locked doors, and eager to waste as little time as possible, you rush into the lobby and run straight towards the reception counter. But you have taken only a few strides when a group of clansmen appear in a corridor opposite. They command you to stop as they advance towards the counter. Expecting trouble, all of them are armed and extremely nervous.</p>
<p>You raise your hands in surrender, but when the leading clansmen see that you are not an Outlaw, and that you are armed, they panic and immediately open fire. Pain explodes in your chest as a dozen bullets knock you backwards off your feet. For a moment you see an intense white light, and then it dissolves into a darkness from which you will never emerge.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your life and your journey end here in the lobby of the Casa Grande General Hospital.</p>
+ <deadend>Sadly, your life and your journey end here in the lobby of the Casa Grande General Hospital.</deadend>
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<p>The brakes lock and the truck no longer responds to your steering. There is a shudder as both the off-side wheels slide over the edge, and your stomach churns as the vehicle tilts sideways. Jaeger screams and hopelessly he tries to open the door and jump out, but it is already too late. The last thing you see as you plummet over the edge is the rocky floor of the ravine rushing towards the windshield.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your journey and your life end here in the Mohawk Mountains of Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Sadly, your journey and your life end here in the Mohawk Mountains of Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>Your shot goes wide, tearing a chunk of masonry from the parapet of the roof to the left of the clan group. (Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.) Alerted by the noise and the muzzle flash, the two riflemen swing around and pour a withering hail of automatic fire at you. You try to duck back, but an agonizing pain erupts in the centre of your forehead and you are lifted off your feet by the force of the high-velocity bullet that has penetrated your skull.</p>
<p>Blinded and numbed by the shock of impact, you fail to stop yourself from tumbling over the edge of the fire escape platform. Mercifully, death claims you before you crash head-first through the roof of the clan truck that is parked in the alley below.</p>
- <p>Your journey and your life terminate here at Wellton, Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Your journey and your life terminate here at Wellton, Arizona.</deadend>
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- <p>Those responsible for looting Eloy did a very thorough job of cleaning out the gun store. Virtually every item of stock has been taken, including a collection of animal trophies that were once displayed around the walls. The only thing displayed there now are crude skull-and-crossbones motifs, daubed on with shiny black paint.</p>
+ <p>Those responsible for looting Eloy did a very thorough job of cleaning out the gun store. Virtually every item of stock has been taken, including a collection of animal trophies that were once displayed around the walls. The only things displayed there now are crude skull-and-crossbones motifs, daubed on with shiny black paint.</p>
<p>You sift through the debris-covered floor, but it is not until you look in the basement that you discover some items of practical value:</p>
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<li>Two rounds of 9mm ammunition</li>
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<p>Bullets hit the ground in a line that follows your dive. In your desperation to avoid being hit, you have launched yourself on a collision course with one of the barbecue stands. You smash your forehead against the brick stack and knock yourself unconscious. You rebound from the stack and fall flat on your back, helpless to prevent the clansman from shooting you through the heart.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here in Picacho, California.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life end here in Picacho, California.</deadend>
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<p>You are frozen in terror by the sight of the whirling metallic disc, and find yourself incapable of taking action to avoid being hit. With a loud crunch, the auto disc cuts its way through your windshield and buries itself deep in your chest: death is instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life end here.</deadend>
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<p>You hear the smash of glass startlingly loud in your right ear, and then feel a searing pain shoot through your head from temple to temple. A flash of white light explodes before your eyes and suddenly you feel yourself falling forward into an all-consuming darkness. One of the clansman<ch.apos/>s bullets has passed through the window and lodged itself in your brain: death is virtually instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your journey and your life end here in Stanfield, Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Sadly, your journey and your life end here in Stanfield, Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>You dodge to avoid the gunfire and to present a difficult target for your adversaries, but in doing so you inadvertently run straight into a burst of automatic rifle fire. Sharp, stinging cores of pain explode in your chest and head, bringing you crashing to your knees.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here in Wellton, Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life end here in Wellton, Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>You are concentrating so hard on deciphering the code that will open the vault<ch.apos/>s lock that you do not notice a group of clansmen appear in the corridor outside the storage facility. Alerted by the open door, the lights, and the sound of you tampering with the lock, they are expecting to find an intruder when they come rushing in through the door, and they are not disappointed.</p>
<p>Caught off-guard, you raise your hands in surrender, but when the leading clansmen see that you are not an Outlaw, and that you are armed, they panic and immediately open fire. Pain explodes in your chest as a dozen bullets knock you backwards off your feet. For a moment you see a splash of bright colours, and then they dissolve into darkness.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your journey and your life end here in the medicine storage facility of the Casa Grande General Hospital.</p>
+ <deadend>Sadly, your journey and your life end here in the medicine storage facility of the Casa Grande General Hospital.</deadend>
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<p>With the tyre gone, you find yourself fighting with the steering wheel to keep the roadster progressing in a straight line. But you cannot correct the skid in time and the vehicle slews wildly across the main street. With a tremendous crash, it smashes into the front of a hardware store, hurling you and Rickenbacker out of your seats and into a tangle of shattered timbers and splintered glass.</p>
<p>Stunned and bleeding, you drag yourself to your feet and stumble towards your partner<ch.apos/>s body. You try to reach out to him but your arms, both broken at the elbows, refuse to obey your commands. Then, in the midst of the carnage, you hear a gruff voice cursing and you turn to face it. A clansman stands silhouetted in the twilit street, his features obscured by shadows. There is a pinpoint flash from his hand: it is the last thing you see before you are enveloped by a darkness that is timeless and total.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your adventure and your life end here in Wellton.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your adventure and your life end here in Wellton.</deadend>
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<p>The grenade explodes with a deafening roar, and you are lifted off the ground and hurled bodily through the air by the force of the blast. Sharp, stinging cores of pain lance through your limbs and body, and fearfully you clasp your hands to your midriff as you come crashing to the ground. Warm blood oozes between your fingers, but although you are incapable of moving, you no longer feel pain. A great stillness descends on you as you prepare to meet your maker.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life come to an end here at Picacho, California.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life come to an end here at Picacho, California.</deadend>
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<p>The harsh hammering of the clansman<ch.apos/>s machine pistol fills your ears and you feel something sharp punch you repeatedly in the stomach. Fearfully clasping a hand to your midriff, you feel warm blood oozing between your fingers, and yet you feel no pain. Aware that you have been shot, and that the shock of your wound is numbing your senses, you turn and attempt to run from this nightmare.</p>
<p>You have taken only one step when a brief wave of pain drags you to your knees. You fall forwards and hit the ground face-first, but still you feel nothing, save the creeping numbness that eventually robs you of the will to go on breathing.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at Picacho.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at Picacho.</deadend>
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- <p>You pull over to the side of the road and Rickenbacker radios to the convoy, instructing it to stop and stand by. Using your lenses you are able to see that behind the tents a road block has been erected. It consists of rubble and auto wrecks, and it completely blocks the highway leading to the town of Westmorland. The road south to Brawley is open, but there are several strange-looking people standing at the junction, either singly or gathered in groups. Some are dressed in brightly coloured patchwork clothes, others are half-naked; yet all of them have one thing in common: they move with such lethargy that, from a distance, they resemble a colony of shambling zombies.</p>
+ <p>You pull over to the side of the road and Rickenbacker radios to the convoy, instructing it to stop and stand by. Using your magnifying device you are able to see that behind the tents a road block has been erected. It consists of rubble and auto wrecks, and it completely blocks the highway leading to the town of Westmorland. The road south to Brawley is open, but there are several strange-looking people standing at the junction, either singly or gathered in groups. Some are dressed in brightly coloured patchwork clothes, others are half-naked; yet all of them have one thing in common: they move with such lethargy that, from a distance, they resemble a colony of shambling zombies.</p>
<p><quote>I don<ch.apos/>t like the look of this,</quote> you say to your partner. <quote>Radio the convoy and get them to put Cookie on. Maybe he knows something about these weirdos.</quote></p>
<p>Rickenbacker complies with your request and, within a minute or so, you are talking to Cookie person-to-person. <quote>Sounds like you<ch.apos/>ve run across a pack of Crazies,</quote> says Cookie, after listening to your description of the people at the junction. <quote>They<ch.apos/>re mainly junkies and street-scum that the army kicked outta LA and San Francisco. They<ch.apos/>re usually pretty harmless, but watch y<ch.apos/>selves. You never can tell what they<ch.apos/>ll get up to.</quote></p>
<p>You thank Cookie for the advice and sign off by telling the convoy that you and Rickenbacker are on your way back. You are about to reach for the ignition when suddenly you hear movement away to your right. You turn your head and see three Crazies<ch.emdash/>two men and a woman<ch.emdash/>emerge from the scrub and scurry towards the truck. Despite their frightening appearance, you notice that none of them appears to be armed.</p>
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<p>Blinded and sickened by the tear gas, you fail to stop yourself from falling over the edge of the fire-escape platform. Helplessly you plummet through the air and crash head-first through the roof of the clan truck parked below.</p>
- <p>Tragically your journey and your life terminate here at Wellton, Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically your journey and your life terminate here at Wellton, Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>You reach out to grab the rope, but another wave of debris hits you in the face and knocks you over the edge. With a terrified scream, you tumble more than 100 feet into the Colorado River and hit the half-submerged trunk of your roadster. Death is instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here within sight of the Californian state line.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life end here within sight of the Californian state line.</deadend>
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- <p>You bring your lenses to bear on the bridge and focus on the thin man. The stick he is holding has a forked cleft at one end, and he appears to be attempting to catch snakes, probably for food. You hand your glasses to Rickenbacker to let him observe the man<ch.apos/>s strange behaviour.</p>
+ <p>You bring your magnifying device to bear on the bridge and focus on the thin man. The stick he is holding has a forked cleft at one end, and he appears to be attempting to catch snakes, probably for food. You hand your glasses to Rickenbacker to let him observe the man<ch.apos/>s strange behaviour.</p>
<p><quote>What do you think?</quote> you ask.</p>
<p>Rickenbacker shrugs. <quote>I can<ch.apos/>t see no gun and he looks harmless enough. I say we go <ch.apos/>n<ch.apos/> check him out.</quote></p>
<p>Slowly you drive towards the bridge, your eyes fixed on the man<ch.apos/>s movements. You are little more than thirty yards away when suddenly he sees you coming and dives to the ground. He reappears seconds later, brandishing a rusty shotgun, which he fires once in the air. You can tell by its dull report that there is something wrong with his ammunition. Immediately you stop the roadster and reach instinctively for your gun.</p>
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<p>Stunned and deafened by the unexpected explosion, you drag yourself upright into a sitting position in time to see, through the acrid smoke, a figure approaching the open doorway. Blindly you feel for your gun but it is nowhere to hand. Then the high-pitched sound of a small engine pierces the incessant ringing in your ears, at once setting your nerves on edge.</p>
- <p>You reach for a close combat weapon as the figure steps into the lodge, and your blood runs cold when the maniacal features of Mad Dog Michigan swim into focus before your eyes. His crash into the Pantona Wash has cost him dearly. His face is a criss-cross of livid scars, many of them swollen around the stitches that are keeping the torn flesh together. He has lost his left hand, and one eye is hidden behind a patch of black cotton. It serves a practical purpose, hiding a now-empty socket, yet it also exaggerates the expression of hate and vengeance that fixes the clan leader<ch.apos/>s mouth.</p>
+ <p>You reach for a close combat weapon as the figure steps into the lodge, and your blood runs cold when the maniacal features of Mad Dog Michigan swim into focus before your eyes. His crash into the Pantano Wash has cost him dearly. His face is a criss-cross of livid scars, many of them swollen around the stitches that are keeping the torn flesh together. He has lost his left hand, and one eye is hidden behind a patch of black cotton. It serves a practical purpose, hiding a now-empty socket, yet it also exaggerates the expression of hate and vengeance that fixes the clan leader<ch.apos/>s mouth.</p>
<p><quote>Revenge is mine at last<ch.emdash/>Phoenix!</quote> he spits, and raises the motorized chainsaw that he grasps in his right hand. The motor screams as he slashes wildly at the air, and then he brings the buzzing, toothed blade down upon a table top and its surface explodes into splinters and dust. He laughs a madman<ch.apos/>s laugh as he steps slowly nearer to where you sit. With a final howl of glee, he raises the saw and screams, <quote>Now you die!</quote></p>
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<p>The harsh hammering of the clansman<ch.apos/>s machine pistol is the last sound you will ever hear. Sharp, stinging cores of pain punch you repeatedly in the stomach and fearfully you clasp your hands to your midriff as you tumble backwards to the ground. Warm blood oozes between your fingers but although you are incapable of moving, you no longer feel pain. Aware that you have been shot, and that the shock of your wounds has numbed your senses, you close your eyes and wish yourself out of this nightmare.</p>
<p>The urge to sleep overwhelms you. Coupled with the creeping numbness that has spread through your body, you surrender to death<ch.apos/>s timeless embrace.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at Picacho.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at Picacho.</deadend>
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<p>Desperately you search through your Medi-kit pouch for an ampoule of snake bite serum, but there is none to be found. Then the piercing agony of your wound begins to fade and a terrifying numbness spreads down through your body and along your limbs. You try to scream, but your vocal cords have been damaged and numbed by the snake<ch.apos/>s bite and you can manage little more than a gurgling croak. By the time Rickenbacker and the others discover your body, it is too late to save your life.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your adventure ends here in Dateland, Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Sadly, your adventure ends here in Dateland, Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>There is a loud <onomatopoeia>bang</onomatopoeia>, and you are forced to the floor. The taste of blood fills your mouth and colours swirl in front of your eyes, only to be replaced by a black void. Sounds grow faint, and the urge to sleep becomes irresistible. It is a sleep from which you will never awaken.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your adventure and your life end here in Dateland, Arizona.</p>
+ <deadend>Sadly, your adventure and your life end here in Dateland, Arizona.</deadend>
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<p>You land heavily on the broken roadway with your arms outstretched, hoping to find something to cling to, but the impact of your landing numbs your hands and you are unable to prevent yourself from slipping backwards over the edge. With a terrified scream, you fall more than 100 feet into the Colorado River, and hit the half-submerged trunk of your roadster.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at the California state line.</p>
+ <deadend>Tragically, your journey and your life end here at the California state line.</deadend>
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<p>Shortly, you arrive at the medicine storage facility. The elation you feel at having found it so quickly is dampened when you switch on the lights and take stock of your surroundings. Tens of thousands of bottles and containers line the shelves and, to make matters worse, you soon discover that all the drugs classified as poisonous or under FDA control are locked away in a vault-like room, protected by a steel door and a sophisticated combination lock. It could take you a week to search the shelves, and considerably longer to force open the vault door.</p>
<p>Hoping to get lucky, you search through the store<ch.apos/>s card index system, looking for the Atropine listing. You find it, but your worse fears are confirmed when you see that the stock records are printed on a red card. Atropine is classified as a poison and is therefore kept locked away inside the vault.</p>
- <p>With dread, you examine the combination lock. It is an electronic device, consisting of three groups of three numbers, each group arranged in the shape of an <quote>L</quote>. One of the numbers in the last group is missing. When the correct number is tapped in here, it completes the sequence and releases the lock. Consider the following numbers carefully. When you think you know the missing number, <choose test="has-numbered-section-list"><when value="true"><a idref="numbered">turn to the entry</a></when><otherwise>turn to the entry</otherwise></choose> that bears the same number as your answer.<footref id="sect337-1" idref="sect337-1-foot"/></p>
+ <puzzle idref="sect28">With dread, you examine the combination lock. It is an electronic device, consisting of three groups of three numbers, each group arranged in the shape of an <quote>L</quote>. One of the numbers in the last group is missing. When the correct number is tapped in here, it completes the sequence and releases the lock. Consider the following numbers carefully. When you think you know the missing number, <choose test="has-numbered-section-list"><when value="true"><a idref="numbered">turn to the entry</a></when><otherwise>turn to the entry</otherwise></choose> that bears the same number as your answer.<footref id="sect337-1" idref="sect337-1-foot"/></puzzle>
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<p>(<a idref="dtd">Dateline to Disaster</a>) Replaced <quote>training and</quote> with <quote>training, and</quote>. Replaced both occurrences of <quote>USSR and</quote> with <quote>USSR, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>cable and</quote> with <quote>cable, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>destined</quote> with <quote>slated</quote>. Replaced <quote>declare emergency</quote> with <quote>declare an emergency</quote>. Replaced <quote>HAVOC attempt</quote> with <quote>HAVOC attempts</quote>. Replaced <quote>HAVOC hijack a WDL news satellite and broadcast a chilling ultimatum</quote> with <quote>HAVOC hijacks a WDL news satellite and broadcasts a chilling ultimatum</quote>. Replaced <quote>HAVOC refuse</quote> with <quote>HAVOC refuses</quote>. Replaced <quote>HAVOC repeat their demand and extend deadline</quote> with <quote>HAVOC repeats its demand and extends deadline</quote>. Replaced <quote>HAVOC enact their</quote> with <quote>HAVOC enacts its</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far</a>) Replaced <quote>re-establish</quote> with <quote>reestablish</quote>. Replaced <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote>. Replaced <quote>fuel, food or water</quote> with <quote>fuel, food, or water</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Mavericks</quote> with <quote>the <ch.lsquot/>Mavericks<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Replaced <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>the Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>The Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Replaced <quote>half-way</quote> with <quote>halfway</quote>. Replaced <quote>newly enlarged</quote> with <quote>newly-enlarged</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sierra Nevada Mountains</quote> with <quote>mountains of the Sierra Nevada</quote>. Replaced <quote>shelter and</quote> with <quote>shelter, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>posts and</quote> with <quote>posts, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Mavericks and</quote> with <quote>Mavericks, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>EL Paso</quote> with <quote>El Paso</quote>. Replaced <quote>man alone, therefore</quote> with <quote>man alone; therefore</quote>. Replaced <quote>on 3 January 2012, that</quote> with <quote>on 3 January 2012 that</quote>. Replaced <quote>colony made their</quote> with <quote>colony made its</quote>. Replaced <quote>moment on every waking</quote> with <quote>moment on, every waking</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far</a>) Replaced <quote>re-establish</quote> with <quote>reestablish</quote>. Replaced <quote>syphon</quote> with <quote>siphon</quote>. Replaced <quote>fuel, food or water</quote> with <quote>fuel, food, or water</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Mavericks</quote> with <quote>the <ch.lsquot/>Mavericks<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Replaced <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>the Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>The Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Replaced <quote>half-way</quote> with <quote>halfway</quote>. Replaced <quote>newly enlarged</quote> with <quote>newly-enlarged</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sierra Nevada Mountains</quote> with <quote>mountains of the Sierra Nevada</quote>. Replaced <quote>shelter and</quote> with <quote>shelter, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>posts and</quote> with <quote>posts, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Mavericks and</quote> with <quote>Mavericks, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>EL Paso</quote> with <quote>El Paso</quote>. Replaced <quote>man alone, therefore</quote> with <quote>man alone; therefore</quote>. Replaced <quote>on 3 January 2012, that</quote> with <quote>on 3 January 2012 that</quote>. Replaced <quote>colony made their</quote> with <quote>colony made its</quote>. Replaced <quote>moment on every waking</quote> with <quote>moment on, every waking</quote>. Replaced <quote>Pantona Wash</quote> with <quote>Pantano Wash</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>if you pick a O</quote> with <quote>if you pick a 0</quote>. Replaced <quote>On pages 6 and 7 you will find an Action Chart</quote> with <quote>An Action Chart has been supplied</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Random Number Table at the back of this book</quote> with <quote>the Random Number Table</quote>. Replaced <quote>zero</quote> with <quote>zero or below</quote>. Replaced <quote>survival skills</quote> with <quote>Survival Skills</quote>. Replaced <quote>adventure you</quote> with <quote>adventure, you</quote>. Removed <quote>For ease of use during play it is recommended that you photocopy these pages</quote>. Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced <quote>potassium iodine</quote> with <quote>potassium iodide</quote>. Replaced <quote>sulphonamides</quote> with <quote>sulfonamides</quote>. Replaced <quote>Canteen and</quote> with <quote>Canteen, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>radioactivity) and</quote> with <quote>radioactivity), and</quote>. Replaced <quote>SOLAR TORCH</quote> with <quote>Solar Torch</quote>. Replaced <quote>GRENADE</quote> with <quote>Grenade</quote>. Replaced <quote>BINOCULARS</quote> with <quote>Binoculars</quote>. Replaced <quote>COMPASS</quote> with <quote>Compass</quote>. Replaced <quote>RADIO</quote> with <quote>Radio</quote>. Replaced <quote>ROPE</quote> with <quote>Rope</quote>. Replaced <quote>THREE MEALS</quote> with <quote>3 Meals</quote>. Replaced <quote>FLEXIBLE SAW</quote> with <quote>Flexible Saw</quote>. Replaced <quote>SIGNAL FLARE</quote> with <quote>Signal Flare</quote>. Replaced <quote>on which hangs</quote> with <quote>on which hang</quote>. Replaced <quote>Backpack, and</quote> with <quote>Backpack and</quote>. Replaced <quote>items) your</quote> with <quote>items), your</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="weapons">Weapons</a>) Replaced <quote>The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is <em>two</em></quote> with <quote>The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is <em>two</em>, though you may only wield one at any time</quote>. Replaced <quote>possess rounds of the wrong calibre</quote> with <quote>possess only rounds of the wrong calibre</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="weapons">Weapons</a>) Replaced <quote>The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is <em>two</em></quote> with <quote>The maximum number of close combat weapons you may carry is <em>two</em>, though you may only wield one at any time</quote>. Replaced <quote>possess rounds of the wrong calibre</quote> with <quote>possess only rounds of the wrong calibre</quote>. Replaced <quote>Freeway Warrior</quote> with <quote><cite>Freeway Warrior</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
<p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>. Replaced <quote>zero</quote> with <quote>zero or below</quote>. Replaced <quote><ch.plus/> 1) He</quote> with <quote><ch.plus/>1). He</quote>. Replaced <quote>are reduced to zero, at which point the one whose score is zero is declared dead.</quote> with <quote>are reduced to zero or below, at which point that combatant is declared dead.</quote>. Replaced <quote>with a reduced ENDURANCE point score</quote> with <quote>with his ENDURANCE points possibly reduced</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Close Combat Rules</a>) Removed <quote>on the inside back cover of the book</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect1">1</a>) Replaced <quote>south-west</quote> with <quote>southwest</quote>. Replaced <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>the Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>The Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Replaced <quote>Colorado river</quote> with <quote>Colorado River</quote>. Replaced <quote>women and</quote> with <quote>women, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>looting and</quote> with <quote>looting, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>appoints you, and three others, as</quote> with <quote>appoints you and three others as</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect1">1</a>) Replaced <quote>south-west</quote> with <quote>southwest</quote>. Replaced <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>the Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>The Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Replaced <quote>Colorado river</quote> with <quote>Colorado River</quote>. Replaced <quote>women and</quote> with <quote>women, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>looting and</quote> with <quote>looting, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>appoints you, and three others, as</quote> with <quote>appoints you and three others as</quote>. Replaced <quote>Pantona Wash</quote> with <quote>Pantano Wash</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect2">2</a>) Replaced <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>the Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>The Day<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect3">3</a>) Replaced <quote>sarcasm, <ch.lsquot/>But</quote> with <quote>sarcasm. <ch.lsquot/>But</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect4">4</a>) Replaced <quote>shockwave</quote> with <quote>shock wave</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct six rounds of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect45">45</a>) Replaced <quote>town to Tacna</quote> with <quote>town of Tacna</quote>. Replaced <quote>bang</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>bang</onomatopoeia></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect46">46</a>) Replaced <quote>jerkily, then</quote> with <quote>jerkily; then</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect48">48</a>) Replaced <quote>Macy and</quote> with <quote>Macy, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect49">49</a>) Replaced <quote>You focus your lenses on</quote> with <quote>You focus on</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect51">51</a>) Replaced <quote>1 Pistol</quote> with <quote>One Pistol</quote>. Replaced <quote>stiffen, then</quote> with <quote>stiffen, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect52">52</a>) Replaced <quote>head east</quote> with <quote>head west</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect54">54</a>) Replaced <quote>Avenal and</quote> with <quote>Avenal, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect94">94</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>. Replaced <quote>bus, and</quote> with <quote>bus and</quote>. Replaced <quote>or are</quote> with <quote>or if you are</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect95">95</a>) Replaced <quote>stability, then</quote> with <quote>stability, and then</quote>. Added <quote>Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect98">98</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect99">99</a>) Replaced <quote>ammuntion</quote> with <quote>ammunition</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect99">99</a>) Replaced <quote>ammuntion</quote> with <quote>ammunition</quote>. Replaced <quote>The only thing displayed</quote> with <quote>The only things displayed</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect100">100</a>) Replaced <quote>hesitates, then</quote> with <quote>hesitates, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>lucky, I</quote> with <quote>lucky; I</quote>. Replaced <quote>water that unless</quote> with <quote>water that, unless</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect110">110</a>) Replaced <quote>take two Drinks or lose 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points</quote> with <quote>take two Drinks or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points per drink missed</quote>. Replaced <quote>the pain and the trembling subsides</quote> with <quote>the pain and the trembling subside</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect111">111</a>) Replaced <quote>your Strength skill</quote> with <quote>your Stealth skill</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect246">246</a>) Replaced <quote>disappearing eastwards</quote> with <quote>disappearing westwards</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect247">247</a>) Added a paragraph break after <quote>force of the explosion.</quote> (cf. <a idref="sect325">Section 325</a>).</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect250">250</a>) Replaced <quote>Consult the map at the front of the book</quote> with <quote>Consult your <a idref="map">map</a></quote>. Replaced <quote>face, then</quote> with <quote>face, and then</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect251">251</a>) Replaced <quote>are half-naked, yet</quote> with <quote>are half-naked; yet</quote>. Replaced <quote>wierdos</quote> with <quote>weirdos</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect251">251</a>) Replaced <quote>are half-naked, yet</quote> with <quote>are half-naked; yet</quote>. Replaced <quote>wierdos</quote> with <quote>weirdos</quote>. Replaced <quote>Using your lenses</quote> with <quote>Using your magnifying device</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect253">253</a>) Replaced <quote>says, <ch.lsquot/>have</quote> with <quote>says. <ch.lsquot/>Have</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect255">255</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect256">256</a>) Replaced <quote>smile, then</quote> with <quote>smile, and then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect268">268</a>) Replaced <quote>hands, then</quote> with <quote>hands, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>breach</quote> with <quote>breech</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct a round of 12-gauge ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect271">271</a>) Replaced <quote>shockwave</quote> with <quote>shock wave</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct a round of 9mm ammunition from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect275">275</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>. Replaced <quote>win, and</quote> with <quote>win and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect276">276</a>) Replaced <quote>pause, then</quote> with <quote>pause, and then</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect276">276</a>) Replaced <quote>pause, then</quote> with <quote>pause, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>You bring your lenses to</quote> with <quote>You bring your magnifying device to</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect277">277</a>) Replaced <quote>click</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>click</onomatopoeia></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect279">279</a>) Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect280">280</a>) Replaced <quote>rolls, then</quote> with <quote>rolls, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>pass, then</quote> with <quote>pass, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>bang</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>bang</onomatopoeia></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect282">282</a>) Removed duplicate <quote>seat.</quote>. Replaced <quote>holes, then</quote> with <quote>holes, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>or choose</quote> with <quote>or if you choose</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect283">283</a>) Replaced <quote>air, then</quote> with <quote>air, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>Michigan, in</quote> with <quote>Michigan in</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect283">283</a>) Replaced <quote>air, then</quote> with <quote>air, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>Michigan, in</quote> with <quote>Michigan in</quote>. Replaced <quote>Pantona Wash</quote> with <quote>Pantano Wash</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect285">285</a>) Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Added <quote>(Remember to deduct the relevant number of rounds from your Ammo Pouch.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect290">290</a>) Replaced <quote>distant poppings</quote> with <quote>distant popping</quote>. Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Replaced <quote>reassuringly, <ch.lsquot/>we<ch.apos/>re</quote> with <quote>reassuringly. <ch.lsquot/>We<ch.apos/>re</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect291">291</a>) Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Replaced <quote>scuttling scratching</quote> with <quote>scuttling, scratching</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect349">349</a>) Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect350">350</a>) Replaced <quote>message, then</quote> with <quote>message; then</quote>. Added a paragraph break after <quote>from his brow.</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="map">Map</a>) Replaced <quote>San Christobel Wash</quote> with <quote>San Cristobel Wash</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="map">Map</a>) Replaced <quote>San Christobel Wash</quote> with <quote>San Cristobel Wash</quote>. Replaced <quote>Pantona Wash</quote> with <quote>Pantano Wash</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross-refer</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>. Replaced <quote>Combat Results Table</quote> with <quote>Close Combat Results Table</quote>. Replaced <quote>zero ENDURANCE points, this</quote> with <quote>zero ENDURANCE points or below; this</quote>.</p>
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