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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allpages>
      <p pageid="1644" ns="0" title="Economic systems" />
      <p pageid="279" ns="0" title="Economist as Pastor" />
      <p pageid="330" ns="0" title="Editorial Board" />
      <p pageid="341" ns="0" title="Editors" />
      <p pageid="808" ns="0" title="Fall2005 1" />
      <p pageid="837" ns="0" title="Fall2005 10" />
      <p pageid="840" ns="0" title="Fall2005 11" />
      <p pageid="811" ns="0" title="Fall2005 2" />
      <p pageid="816" ns="0" title="Fall2005 3" />
      <p pageid="820" ns="0" title="Fall2005 4" />
    </allpages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages apfrom="Fall2005 5" />
  </query-continue>
</api>