- West Africa
- 38, 38, 44, 44, 44, 108, 110, 281, 343, 343, 343, 344, 344, 344, 344, 345, 345, 345, 351, 351, 352, 353, 356, 357, 358, 358, 359, 363, 580, 822, 869, 869, 869, 869, 871, 871, 871, 873, 873, 875, 953, 954, 963, 1506, 1506, 1510, 1510, 1511, 1511, 1511, 1513, 1513, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517, 2554, 2554, 2555, 2555, 2556, 2558, 2558, 2558, 2559, 2560, 2614, 4320, 4320, 4320, 4320, 4321, 4321, 4324, 4357, 4362, 4381; WWI, 2554; WWII, 2611; economic and social change, 4325; drought, 4325.
- West African Highlife
- 4320.
- West African Youth League
- 2559.
- West Bank
- 2664, 2694, 3437, 3769, 3769, 3769, 3769, 3769, 3771, 3777, 3784, 3860, 3861, 3861, 3862, 3863, 3864, 3864, 3865, 3865, 3867, 3868, 3871, 3871, 3874.
- West Bengal
- 3968, 3971, 3980, 3981. See Bengal.
- West Berlin
- 2719, 2729, 2731, 2731, 2731, 2731, 3001.
- West Central Africa
- 348, 363, 363, 869, 885, 886, 886, 2568, 4432.
- West Coast, U.S.
- 33.
- West Colony, Greenland
- 571.
- West Edmonton Mall
- 3456.
- Western Australia
- 1487, 1489, 1489, 1489, 1490, 1490, 1494, 1496, 1497, 1497.
- Western Baray, temple lake
- 340.
- Western Bug River
- 482.
- Western campaigns, Civil War
- 1587, 1587, 1588, 1588.
- Western Church
- 80.
- Western Desert
- 206.
- Westerners, Korean faction
- 856, 856.
- Westerners, school of Russian thought
- 1258.
- Western Europe
- 281, 400, 443, 575, 580, 580, 584, 953, 961, 1034, 1142, 1142, 1146, 1698, 1706, 1814, 2637, 2640, 2643, 2644, 2670, 2703, 2709, 2711, 2714, 2758, 3012, 3249, 3857; postclassical, 276, 400; 1300–1500, 511; 1500–1800, 579; between Wars, 1814; WWII, 1814; cost of WWII, 2700; economic recovery, 2700; postwar cooperation, 2700; welfare state, 2700; post-WWII society, 2700, 2700; post-WWII economy, 2700; post-Communist Russia, 2700.
- Western European Union, WEU
- 2714, 2740, 2742, 2746, 2750, 2750, 2751, 2880.
- Western Federation of Miners
- 1615.
- Western Han dynasty
- See Former Han dynasty.
- Western Hemisphere
- 65, 276, 280, 280, 281, 284, 575, 575, 579, 579, 579, 581, 582, 583, 631, 954, 956, 957, 1699, 2240, 2694, 3520, 3691; WWII, 2598, 2599, 2599, 2599, 2601, 2601, 2603, 2624; free trade, 3475, 3477.
- westernization
- 1707, 1707; Russia, 784, 785, 785; the Middle East and North Africa, 1327; Egypt, 1367; Siam, 1408; China, 1417.
- Western Jin dynasty
- See Jin dynasty.
- Western New Guinea
- 2636.
- Western Pacific High Commission
- 1477.
- Westernport
- 1488.
- Western Powers
- 4098.
- Western Samoa
- 2530, 2636, 4283, 4285, 4316. See Samoa.
- Western Satraps, dynasty
- 132.
- Western Wall, Jerusalem
- 2389, 2389.
- Western Wei dynasty
- 158, 158, 367.
- Western Zhou dynasty
- 138, 138, 138, 138, 138, 138, 138.
- West European Air Defense Command
- 2721.
- West Florida
- 940.
- West Francia
- 411.
- West Franks
- 413, 413, 416.
- West Friesland
- 595.
- West German-Soviet Treaty
- 3006.
- West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)
- 2637, 2640, 2641, 2653, 2665, 2668, 2669, 2673, 2700, 2700, 2703, 2708, 2709, 2709, 2709, 2709, 2710, 2710, 2710, 2710, 2711, 2711, 2711, 2712, 2712, 2714, 2714, 2714, 2714, 2715, 2716, 2716, 2718, 2718, 2720, 2724, 2725, 2728, 2729, 2731, 2731, 2735, 2740, 2742, 2748, 2832, 2854, 2876, 2893, 2982, 2986, 2987, 2987, 2987, 2987, 2987, 2987, 2988, 2989, 2990, 2990, 2991, 2992, 2992, 2992, 2993, 2994, 2994, 2996, 2997, 2998, 2999, 3000, 3000, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3004, 3005, 3005, 3005, 3006, 3006, 3007, 3007, 3007, 3008, 3010, 3010, 3011, 3011, 3012, 3012, 3015, 3015, 3015, 3015, 3015, 3016, 3016, 3017, 3017, 3017, 3017, 3019, 3019, 3019, 3019, 3019, 3019, 3019, 3020, 3020, 3020, 3021, 3021, 3021, 3022, 3076, 3099, 3100, 3131, 3132, 3152, 3239, 3250, 3252, 3269, 3616, 3653, 3859; postwar economy, 2988; and Turkey, 3793.
- West Goths
- 264.
- West India
- 761.
- West India Company
- 932.
- West Indies
- 588, 666, 758, 866, 939, 940, 941, 952, 1565, 1795, 2301, 2586, 2700, 2780, 3714, 3757.
- West Indies Federation
- 3756, 3757, 3757.
- Westinghouse Company
- 1736, 2191.
- West Irian, New Guinea
- 2638.
- West Kalimanta
- 837.
- Westminster
- 512, 516, 591, 591; treaty of, 662, 675.
- Westminster Abbey, London
- 513, 2760.
- Westmoreland, William, U.S. commander
- 4269, 4270, 4270.
- West Pakistan
- 3971, 3990, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4016, 4016.
- West Papua
- 4139.
- Westphalia
- 455, 460, 548, 613, 624, 1032; treaties of, 596, 604, 626, 628, 644, 648, 707, 718, 736, 748, 759, 761.
- West Point
- 951.
- West Pomerania
- 624.
- West Prussia
- 550.
- Westray coal mine disaster
- 3458.
- West Virginia
- 1588.
- Westwall defenses, World War II
- 2619.
- Wethersfield
- 928, 933.
- Wettins
- 459, 541.
- Wettstein, John Rudolf, burgomaster of Basel
- 626.
- Wetzlar
- 613.
- Wexford
- 693.
- Weygand, Maxime, French commander
- 1817, 2372, 2585.
- Weymouth, George, English explorer
- 924.
- Weyprecht, Carl, Austrian explorer
- 996.
- whaling
- 1437, 1489, 1500, 1539.
- Wharton, Edith, writer
- 2191.
- Wheat Board Act, Canada
- 2231.
- Wheatstone, Charles, developer of telegraph
- 989.
- wheel
- 83.
- Wheeler, S. S., developer of electric fan
- 986.
- Whigs, England
- 675, 676, 683, 1046, 1047, 1155, 1157.
- Whigs, U.S.
- 1576, 1576, 1577, 1579, 1582.
- Whinfield, J. R., developer of terylene (dacron)
- 984.
- Whiskey Rebellion, U.S.
- 1565, 1595.
- White, John, English colonizer
- 924, 926.
- White, Maunsel, efficiency engineer
- 985.
- White, Tim, physical anthropologist
- 19.
- White Australia movement
- 1497, 1498.
- White Fathers
- 1516, 1535.
- Whitehall
- 594.
- Whitehead, Alfred North, mathematician and philosopher
- 1150.
- Whitehead, Robert, inventor of self-propelled torpedo
- 985.
- White House
- 3423, 4211.
- White Huns
- 130, 324.
- White Lake, New York
- 3417.
- Whitelaw, William, Irish leader
- 2785, 2786.
- White Lotus Society, China
- 578, 1415, 1415.
- White Mountain, battle of the
- 617, 634.
- White Nile
- 96, 1508, 1524, 1527.
- White Papers
- 2388, 2389, 2393, 2393; British, 2449; Northern Ireland, 2786; Malaysia, 4113; U.S. and China, 4144.
- White Russia
- 482, 632, 667, 1268.
- White Russians
- 2067, 2067, 2067, 2067.
- White Sea
- 629, 2593.
- White Terror, France
- 1008.
- Whitewater Development Corporation
- 3432, 3441.
- Whitlam, Edward Gough, Australian leader
- 4306, 4308.
- Whitman, Walt, writer
- 1563, 1582.
- Whitney, Eli, inventor
- 985, 1034, 1565.
- Whittle, Frank, airplane engineer
- 1732, 1736.
- Whitworth, Joseph, developer of standard screw gauge
- 985.
- Whydah
- 875, 875.
- Wiclif, John, religious leader
- 513, 513, 514, 530, 544, 544, 613.
- Widukind of Corvey, historian
- 416.
- Wiener, Norbert, scientist
- 2703.
- Wieselgren, Peter, Swedish temperance leader
- 1076.
- Wiesner, Friedrich von
- 1140.
- Wijdenbosch, Jules, Surinamese leader
- 3636, 3636.
- Wilberforce, William, English abolitionist
- 1047.
- Wilde, Oscar, writer
- 1142.
- Wilderness, battle of the
- 1589.
- Wilderness Preservation Act, U.S.
- 3410.
- Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands
- 1174, 1174, 1176, 1894, 1898, 1899, 2826, 2827, 2830.
- Wilhelmshöhe
- 1185.
- Wilhelm von Wied, king of Albania
- 1326.
- Wilkes, Charles, U.S. explorer
- 1043, 1476.
- Wilkes, John, British reformer
- 688.
- Wilkins, George Hubert
- 998.
- Willaert, Adrian, Dutch composer
- 596.
- Willamette River
- 1578.
- Willca, Pablo Zárate, Aymara leader
- 1669.
- William I, German emperor and king of Prussia
- 955, 1100, 1104, 1104, 1232, 1232, 1232, 1232, 1234, 1234, 1235.
- William I, the Conqueror
- 413, 422, 422, 423, 444, 444, 444, 444, 444, 447, 449, 449, 449, 466, 467, 467, 468, 670.
- William I, king of Sicily
- 468, 468, 471.
- William I (the Silent) of Nassau, Dutch leader
- 595.
- William I, king of the Netherlands
- 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1057.
- William II, duke of Württemberg and king of Lithuania
- 1774.
- William II, Kaiser Wilhelm
- 970, 1116, 1120, 1121, 1124, 1129, 1132, 1134, 1141, 1235, 1346, 1740, 1762, 1781, 1782, 1782, 1784, 1817, 1895, 1971, 1971, 1971, 1980.
- William II, Rufus
- 444, 447.
- William II, king of Sicily
- 456, 471, 471.
- William II, king of the Netherlands
- 1057, 1174, 1438.
- William II, stadholder of Holland
- 703, 703, 704.
- William III, king of England
- 653, 654, 655, 656, 668, 678, 678, 680, 680, 681, 695, 696, 697, 736.
- William III, king of the Netherlands
- 1174.
- William III, stadholder of Holland
- 704, 704, 704, 705.
- William IV, king of England
- 1046, 1047, 1072.
- William IV, stadholder of Holland
- 704, 705, 705.
- William V, stadholder of Holland
- 705, 705, 705.
- William X, king of Aquitaine
- 449.
- William and Mary, joint rulers of England
- 668, 678, 678, 678.
- William of Apulia, ruler of Sicily
- 471.
- William of Holland, king of Germany
- 459.
- William of Lorris
- 452.
- William of Occam, philosopher
- 446, 540.
- William of Orange, later William III of England
- 595, 595, 595, 595, 650, 653, 676, 677, 677, 677, 1053.
- William of Rubruck, French diplomat
- 374.
- William of Urach, duke, king of Lithuania
- 2085.
- William of Wykeham, bishop of Winchester
- 513, 513.
- Williams, Alberto, composer
- 2241.
- Williams, Claudio, Uruguayan leader
- 2252.
- Williams, Eric, Trinidadian leader
- 3757.
- Williams, John, missionary
- 1476.
- Williams, Roger, English colonist
- 928, 928.
- Williams, Ruth, wife of Ngwato chief
- 4455.
- Williamsburg
- 951.
- William the Lion, king of Scotland
- 447.
- William the Pious, duke of Aquitaine
- 466.
- Willibord, missionary
- 426.
- Willigis, archbishop of Mainz
- 417.
- Williman, Claudio, Latin American leader
- 1667.
- Willingdon, Lord, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, British leader
- 2224, 2441.
- Willkie, Wendell L., U.S. leader
- 2209.
- Willoch, Kaare, Norwegian leader
- 3060.
- Will of the People, Russian society
- 1260.
- Willoughby, Hugh
- 993.
- Wills, William J., explorer
- 1493.
- Wilmot Proviso, U.S.
- 1578, 1579.
- Wilmut, Ian, geneticist
- 2693.
- Wilno University
- 1267.
- Wilson, Alan, biochemist
- 19, 24.
- Wilson, Augusta Evans, writer
- 1582.
- Wilson, Charles E., U.S. leader
- 3394, 3399.
- Wilson, Daniel, son-in-law of Grévy of France
- 1194.
- Wilson, Harold, British leader
- 2725, 2727, 2728, 2728, 2758, 2774, 2775, 2781, 2787, 2789, 3411, 4269.
- Wilson, Henry
- 1780.
- Wilson, Henry Lane, U.S. diplomat
- 2290, 2291.
- Wilson, Woodrow, U.S. president
- 1619, 1619, 1620, 1620, 1621, 1621, 1702, 1703, 1706, 1741, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1770, 1778, 1778, 1780, 1781, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1788, 1817, 1941, 1941, 2189, 2189, 2190, 2190, 2190, 2191, 2464, 2489, 2554, 4320.
- Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, U.S.
- 1607.
- Wiman, Korean leader
- 160.
- Wimereux
- 1023.
- Winchelsea, Robert de, archbishop of Canterbury
- 446, 446, 446.
- Winchester
- 444.
- Winchester, Oliver Fisher, inventor of repeating rifle
- 985.
- Winchester College, England
- 513.
- Windau, battle of
- 1794.
- Windhoek, Namibia
- 1768, 4470, 4475.
- Windischgrätz, Alfred zu
- 1088, 1089, 1090.
- Windsor, Ontario
- 593, 928, 933, 1629; treaties, 528, 1124.
- Windward Islands
- 3756.
- Wineland
- 571, 571, 571.
- Wingate, Reginald
- 2352.
- Winnipeg General Strike
- 2221.
- Winrich, grand master of the Teutonic Knights
- 460.
- Winstanley, Gerrard, leader of the Levelers
- 668.
- Winster Constitution
- 3806.
- Winter, James
- 1641.
- Winter Palace, St. Petersburg
- 1260, 2065.
- Winthrop, John, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 926.
- Wiranto, Indonesian leader
- 4139.
- Wiremu Kingi, Maori leader
- 1502.
- Wiremu Tamihana, Maori leader
- 1502, 1502.
- Wisby
- 548, 548, 548, 548.
- Wisconsin
- 1596, 1613.
- Wisconsin, University of
- 3420.
- Wisconsin glaciation
- 28.
- Wisconsin River
- 921.
- Wismar
- 548.
- Wissembourgh, battle of
- 1185.
- Wissmann, Hermann von, explorer
- 1509.
- witchcraft
- 584, 686, 686, 687, 910, 933, 934; Switzerland, 748; Iceland, 774; Poland, 780, 781.
- Witos, Vincent, Polish leader
- 2119, 2119, 2120.
- Witt, Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian leader
- 2698.
- Witte, Sergei, Russian leader
- 1261, 1263, 1263, 1263, 1263, 1263, 1264.
- Wittelsbach dynasty
- 459, 522, 540, 616.
- Wittenberg
- 613, 613, 614.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, philosopher
- 1815.
- Witt-Schlumberger, Marguerite de, French reformer
- 1198.
- Wittstock, battle of
- 622.
- Witu
- 1530.
- Witwatersrand
- 1556.
- Witwatersrand Chamber of Mines
- 1556.
- Witwatersrand Native Labour Association
- 1548.
- Witwatersrand Tailors' Association
- 2578.
- Witwatersrand University
- 2577.
- Wladyslaw IV, Vasa
- 630, 633, 633, 633.
- Wnhyo, Buddhist teacher
- 378.
- Wohlenschwil, battle of
- 748.
- Wöhler, Friedrich, chemist
- 1043.
- Wojciechowski, Stanislas, Polish leader
- 2117, 2119.
- Wojtowicz, Grzegorz, Polish banker
- 3113.
- Wolf, Henry Drummond
- 1162.
- Wolfe, James, British commander
- 940.
- Wollaston, William, scientist
- 1038, 1733.
- Wollo
- 4394, 4395.
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, English writer
- 645.
- Wolof
- 358, 358.
- Wolseley, Garnet
- 1516, 1630.
- Wolsey, Thomas, English prelate
- 586, 586, 586.
- Woman Franchise Bill, Canada
- 2220.
- Woman's Peace Party
- 2187.
- woman suffrage
- 1162, 1163, 1163; in France, 1198; in Scandinavia, 1250; in Australia, 1497, 1497; in New Zealand, 1504, 1504; in the U.S., 1592, 1592, 1594, 1604; in Canada, 1632.
- women
- 90, 563, 1839, 1854, 2191, 2270, 2320, 2643, 2649, 2691, 4145, 4190; Islam, 293, 293, 295, 299, 302; India, 324, 331, 337, 2435, 3950, 3972, 3978, 3985; Africa, 351, 351, 362, 1506, 2554, 2554, 2556, 2559, 2567, 2568, 2572, 2577, 4320, 4410; foot binding, 370; Japan, 383, 385, 386, 395, 396, 1450, 2517, 2520, 4223, 4241, 4246; Vietnam, 397; Christianity, 401, 406; Germanic tribes, 402; Europe, 407; England, 421, 446; Western Europe, 443; Eastern Orthodox societies, 563; American Revolution, 951; textile workers, 961; France, 1008, 1018, 1061, 1081, 1193, 1195, 1195, 1198, 1198, 1901, 1914, 2843, 2865, 2879; 1800–1914, 1037, 1143; Great Britain, 1048, 1049, 1157, 1159, 1160, 1162, 1163, 2783, 2788; Victorian era, 1050; Central Europe, 1071; Germany, 1071, 1231, 1986, 1993; Scandinavia, 1076, 1076, 1247, 1247, 1248, 1248, 1250; Austria, 1089, 1998; Ireland, 1169, 1170, 1170, 2811, 2811; Spain, 1204, 1205; Ottoman Empire, 1345, 1348, 1348; Egypt, 1373, 2351, 2353, 2355, 2360, 3909, 3924; Korea, 1436, 2493, 4190; Australia, 1497; New Zealand, 1504, 1505, 2551, 4314, 4316, 4317, 4317; U.S., 1575, 1576, 1578, 1579, 1589, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1603, 1605, 1605, 1609, 1613, 1616, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621, 2187, 2187, 2187, 2205, 2209, 2212, 3390, 3390, 3394, 3408, 3413, 3421, 3422, 3423, 3425, 3427, 3427, 3428, 3428, 3432, 3435; Civil War, 1586; Canada, 1630, 1632, 2217, 3443, 3457, 3458, 3458; Latin America, 1661, 3465; international associations, 1701; insurance, 1814; first member of Parliament, 1839; first degrees at Oxford, 1840; Russia, 2068, 2068; Estonia, 2104; El Salvador, 2280; Middle East, 2317, 3768; North Africa, 2317, 3768; Iran, 2343, 3817, 3823, 3830; Afghanistan, 2347, 3832, 3832; China, 2463, 2464, 4145, 4165, 4172; Philippines, 2535; United Nations, 2664, 2681; circumcision, 2696; postwar Europe, 2700, 2700; postwar Great Britain, 2760; refugees, 2760; priests, 2796; equal pay, 2882; Italy, 2940, 2942; Roman Catholic Church, 2959, 2966, 2966; Switzerland, 2971, 2974, 2978; Geneva, 2971; West Germany, 2987, 2994, 3008; Denmark, 3046, 3048, 3050; Norway, 3060, 3060, 3060; Sweden, 3065; Finland, 3080, 3083; Iceland, 3086; Bosnia, 3184; Albania, 3202; Greece, 3214, 3226, 3228, 3228; Latvia, 3350; Argentina, 3481; Chile, 3508, 3516; Paraguay, 3522; Bolivia, 3544; Colombia, 3576; Venezuela, 3595; Brazil, 3618; Panama, 3637, 3646; Guatemala, 3648; Nicaragua, 3675, 3678; Costa Rica, 3687; Honduras, 3694; Mexico, 3701, 3705; Cuba, 3721; Haiti, 3745, 3749; Bermuda, 3766; Morocco, 3785; Gulf States, 3785, 3899; Qatar, 3785, 3899; Oman, 3785, 3899; Turkey, 3790, 3794, 3797, 3800, 3800, 3802; Lebanon, 3845; Israel, 3856; Jordan, 3875; Iraq, 3880, 3880; Kuwait, 3899; Algeria, 3932; Tunisia, 3941, 3944; Pakistan, 4011; Sri Lanka, 4039; Senegal, 4327, 4380; Zimbabwe, 4469. See insurance; marriage; strikes; labor; suffrage.
- Women's Association for the Care of the Poor and the Sick, Germany
- 1071.
- Women's Christian Temperance Union
- 1504, 1595; in Canada, 1632.
- Women's Labor Federation
- 2255.
- Women's Liberal Foundation, England
- 1162.
- Women's Loyal League
- 1589.
- Women's Medical College, Kingston
- 1635.
- Women's Power Committee
- 1814.
- women's rights
- 1081; in Great Britain, 1162; in Scandinavia, 1248; in Ottoman Empire, 1348, 1348; in Egypt, 1373; in the U.S., 1579, 1580, 1592, 1621.
- Women's Social and Political Union, England
- 1162, 1163.
- Wonsan general strike, Korea
- 2493.
- Wood, Charles
- 1396.
- Wood, Francis, U.S. leader
- 2534, 2534.
- Wood, Jethro, developer of cast iron plow
- 987.
- Woodcock, George, publisher
- 3448.
- Wood-Forbes mission, and Philippines
- 2534.
- Woodhead, John
- 2392.
- Wood Lake, battle of
- 1587.
- Woodstock, New York
- 3417.
- Woodville, Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV of England
- 515.
- wool
- 1487.
- Woolens Act, England
- 939.
- Woolf, Virginia, writer
- 1816, 1839.
- Woolton, Lord, British official
- 1856.
- Woolworth, Frank W., U.S. merchant
- 1599.
- Worcester
- 670, 686.
- Wordingborg, peace of
- 548.
- Wordsworth, William, poet
- 1037, 1046.
- Workers' Compensation Act, Spain
- 1204.
- Workers' Cooperatives, France
- 1061.
- Workers of the Federation of Engineering, Ireland
- 1861.
- Workers' Party, Belgium
- 1171, 1172.
- Workers' Party, Brazil
- 3618.
- Workers' Party, Vietnam
- 4271.
- Workers' Security Law, Norway
- 2047.
- working class
- 1034. See labor.
- Workingmen's Party, U.S.
- 1575.
- Works Progress Administration, U.S.
- 2187.
- World Congress on the Future of the Church
- 2959.
- World Council of Churches
- 1701, 2644, 2648, 2653, 2658, 2672, 2679.
- World Court, Hague
- 1698, 1710, 1817, 1829, 1967, 2046, 3921, 3949.
- World Cup
- 1706.
- World Day of Prayer for Peace
- 2682.
- World Economic Conference, London
- 1849.
- World Federation of Hungarians
- 3158.
- World Food Program
- 2658.
- World Health Organization, WHO
- 2641, 2641, 2677, 2678, 2691, 4450.
- World Parliament of Religions, Chicago
- 1398.
- World Peace Congress
- 2709.
- World Population conferences
- 2643, 2662.
- World Population Plan for Action
- 2643.
- World Security Council
- 2603.
- World Series
- 1610.
- World Trade Center, New York City
- 2689, 2689, 3430.
- World Trade Organization, WTO
- 2640, 2689, 2696, 2757, 3331, 4177.
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