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making your material so readily available – far more helpful than having to sift through the antdiluvian journals & their gatekeepers! keep up the good work; jTA</p> 398 </div><!--end c-body--> 399 </div><!--end comment-box--> 400 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 401 <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-3563" > 402 <div class="comment-box clear"> 403 <div class="c-grav"> 404 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Martin Spencer's avatar' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/233c82b958c749d7dde41fc17c5a55916bc5ac9c121d981a86f38d7513412701?s=39&d=https%3A%2F%2F2.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D39&r=G' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/233c82b958c749d7dde41fc17c5a55916bc5ac9c121d981a86f38d7513412701?s=39&d=https%3A%2F%2F2.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D39&r=G 1x, 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