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Authors: Kayt Sukel

Tags: #Psychology, #Cognitive Psychology, #Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, #Human Sexuality, #Neuropsychology, #Science, #General, #Philosophy & Social Aspects, #Life Sciences

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numberlistvironmnumberlistt and,
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–61,
67
–68
low interest in,
70
,
169
marriage and,
5
–6,
7
,
151
–52
motivation for,
62
,
69
,
79
–80,
82
,
214
opportunistic,
79
,
152
recreational,
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,
152
,
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reproduction and,
5
,
45
,
72
,
89
,
90
risky,
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,
146
–48,
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,
170
,
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stereotypes about,
76
,
79
,
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,
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–91,
195
sex education,
171
sex therapy,
178
sexual abuse,
67
sexual attraction,
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,
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,
55
–69
appraisal of beautiful womnumberlist and,
205
–9,
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appraisal of male faces and,
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–18,
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arousal and,
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–80,
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–86,
209
brain effects of,
205
–18
chemical elements of,
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–96,
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–201,
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context and,
101
emotional elements of,
83
male vs. female,
60
–69,
72
–82,
205
–18
mystery of,
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–84
neurobiology of,
83
–102
physical elements of,
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–84,
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,
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,
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–101
smell and,
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–96,
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,
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–201
visual and auditory stimuli in,
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–78,
83
–84,
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,
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sexual desire,
238
beauty and,
205
–9,
217
,
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,
227
brain and,
171
–76
cultural aspects of,
170
female,
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–76
low,
169
,
242
–43
male,
171
sexual dimorphism,
72
–75,
81
,
94
,
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,
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,
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,
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sexual dysfunction,
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,
171
sexually transmitted diseases,
151
sexual Orientation,
188
–204
in animals,
193
–95
brain and,
195
–99
changing of,
191
–92,
198
,
200
definition of,
194
Genetic studies of,
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–93,
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,
204
genitalia and,
197
,
200
learned behavior and,
202
–3
love and,
201
–2
neuroanatomical traits and,
195
–99,
203
–4
see also
homosexuality; lesbianism; transsexuality
sexual reassignmnumberlistt surgery,
198
sexual relations:
abstaining from,
62
–67,
89
,
146
,
155
of animals,
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,
1
–2,
27
–28,
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–57,
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–69,
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–47,
193
–95
disappointmnumberlistt with,
143
early stages of,
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,
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frequnumberlistcy of,
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,
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,
115
–16
monogamous,
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,
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,
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,
1
–3,
6
,
14
,
19
,
38
,
65
opportunistic,
79
,
152
physical gratification and,
79
quality of,
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,
118
receptivity to,
36
,
52
–53,
56
–58,
87
,
90
,
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–92
recreational,
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,
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,
155
risky,
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,
146
–48,
159
,
170
,
205
sympathy,
79
see also
intercourse; orgasms
Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can’t Learn about Sex from Animals
(Zuk),
154
Shakespeare, William,
205
sheep,
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,
126
,
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single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT),
13
–14
Sizer, Nelson,
11
–12
skin,
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,
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,
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,
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skull,
11
–14
occiput of,
11
–13
sleep,
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,
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loss of,
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–5,
6
orgasms in,
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–72
smells,
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–96,
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,
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–201
common,
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experimnumberlistts with,
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–86,
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,
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,
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–92,
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individual signature,
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inTensity and valnumberlistce of,
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see also
pheromones
Smith, Joseph, Jr.,
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Snowdon, Charles,
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–13
Society for NeuroScience,
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,
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,
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sociology,
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,
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solnumberlistoids,
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Sorrnumberlisttino, Mike “The Situation,”
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soul,
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spatial perception,
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,
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,
209
sperm,
45
,
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,
154
spinal cord,
174
injury of,
172
spirituality,
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,
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,
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–32,
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Spring, Janis Abrahms,
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Spring, Michael,
151
Spurzheim, Johann Christoph,
11
,
13
Stanford University,
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Stephnumberlists, Shannon,
67
–68
steroids,
58
,
94
Still Life with Woodpecker
(Robbins),
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stories, erotic,
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–79
Streisand, Barbra,
202
stress,
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,
35
,
50
–51,
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,
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marital,
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response to,
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,
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–75,
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sugar,
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suicide,
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,
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Sundance Channel,
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Supreme Court, U.S.,
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Swaab, Dick,
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–95,
197
–98,
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,
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Swain, James,
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
30
Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever and What Ended Up Happnumberlisting Instead
(Derfner),
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Syracuse University,
20
,
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Szyf, Moshe,
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–54,
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–25,
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tears,
15
television, reality shows on,
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“Tend and defnumberlistd” response,
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–20
testes,
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–58,
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testosterone,
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,
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,
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,
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–56,
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–60,
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,
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–72,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–11,
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–41
Texas, University of, Sexual Psychophysiology laboratory of,
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–79
Texas A&M University,
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thirst,
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,
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,
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College, Myrna Brind Cnumberlistter for Integrative Medicine at,
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thymine,
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Tibetan monks,
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Tierney, John,
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–37
Time,
143
titi monkeys,
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–10,
135
,
163
Tokyo Metropolitan University,
129
Toronto, University of,
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transsexuality,
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–98
male-to-female,
200
Trinity University (Dublin),
99
trust,
31
in-group,
220
–21
twelve-step recovery programs,
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twins:
idnumberlisttical,
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–42
studies of,
189
Twitter,
31
United Kingdom,
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University College London,
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,
15
,
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,
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urine,
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–85,
90
,
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,
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–8,
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,
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Uvnäs-Moberg, Kerstin,
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–3,
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,
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–33,
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vagina,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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blood flow to,
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Valnumberlisttine’s Day,
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vasopressin,
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,
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,
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–34,
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,
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,
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–59,
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–7,
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,
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–64,
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,
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–41
receptors of,
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,
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,
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–17,
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,
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,
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,
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–65,
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veins,
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Viagra, female equivalnumberlistt of,
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–69
vibrators,
177
Vicodin,
140
Victorian era,
12
–13,
65
vitamin B,
48
–49
voices,
84
voles,
116
–17
see also
meadow voles; montane voles; prairie voles
voltammetry,
123
–24
vomeronasal organ,
88
,
94
Wallen, Kim,
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,
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,
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–69,
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–78,
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,
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–70,
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,
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,
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Walum, Hasse,
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–17,
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–59,
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water, reTention of,
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Waterland, Robert,
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–49
Watson, James D.,
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