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| 506 | library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker.
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| 507 |
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| 508 | <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990
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| 509 | Ty Coon, President of Vice
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| 511 | That's all there is to it!
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