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 | | Insofar as he had any decided political convictions, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> seemed to be imbued with the reactionary spirit predominant in Europe at the time <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> his birth, and which continued in Russia to the end <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> his father's reign. |  | | He was born the eldest son <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Nicholas <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia and Charlotte <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Prussia, daughter <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Frederick William III <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Prussia and Louise <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Mecklenburg-Strelitz. |  | | At the beginning <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> his reign, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> expressed the famous statement "No dreams" addressed for Poles, populating Congress Poland, Western Ukraine, Lithuania, Livonia and Belarus. |
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| | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | For Russia was not ripe for liberty; and <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>, the disciple <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the revolutionist Laharpe, was—as he himself said—but "a happy accident" on the throne <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the tsars. |  | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>, indeed, assisted Napoleon in the war <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> 1809, but he declared plainly that he would not allow the Austrian Empire to be crushed out <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> existence; and Napoleon complained bitterly <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the inactivity <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the Russian troops during the campaign. |  | | But <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> was still determined "to persist in the system <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> disinterestedness in respect <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> all the states <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Europe which he had thus far followed," and he again allied himself with the Kingdom <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Prussia. |
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| | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> III <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> Alexandrovich Romanov or <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> III (Russian: &; III Александрович) (March 10, 1845 – November 1, 1894) was the Tsar <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia from March 14, 1881 until his death on November 1, 1894. |  | | In natural disposition he bore little resemblance to his soft-hearted, liberal minded father, and still less to his refined, philosophic, sentimental, chivalrous, yet cunning grand-uncle <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>, who coveted the title <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> "the first gentleman <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Europe." With high culture, exquisite refinement and studied elegance he had no sympathy and never affected to have any. |  | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> was the second son <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> II and Marie <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Hesse and by Rhine. |
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| | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> II |
 | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> became Tsar <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia on the death <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> his father in 1855. |  | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>'s reforms did not satisfy liberals and radicals who wanted a parliamentary democracy and the freedom <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> expression that was enjoyed in the United States and most other European states. |  | | In 1861 <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> issued his Emancipation Manifesto that proposed 17 legislative acts that would free the serfs in Russia. |
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| | Online NewsHour: <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> Lebed -- November 22 , 1996 |
 | | In a Newsmaker interview, Russia's former national security chief, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> Lebed, says Boris Yeltsin remains a sick man and is not in control <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the country. |  | | A report on the apparently successful heart bypass operation on Russian President Yeltsin. |  | | GENERAL <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>ALEXANDER<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> LEBED: (speaking through interpreter) <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> believe that NATO and the very name, the very abbreviation, NATO, is also a fragment <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the Cold War. |
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 | | The reign <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> from 1801 to 1825 began in the spirit <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Peter and Catherine, both <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> whom were Westernizers. |  | | For his efforts to unify the German states and for his opposition to the Roman popes, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> became a legendary German hero and a symbol <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> national unity. |  | | More than a decade earlier, Macedonia had become a vassal state <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Persia; and in 480 <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> was obliged to accompany Xerxes <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> in a campaign through Greece, though he secretly aided the Greek allies. |
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| | MSN Encarta - <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> II (<<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia) |
 | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> II (<<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia) (1818-1881), emperor <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia (1855-1881), son <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Emperor Nicholas <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> and nephew <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>. He ascended the throne during the Crimean War and in 1856 signed the Treaty <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Paris, which brought the hostilities to an end. |  | | After establishing committees to study the need for reform, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> II abolished serfdom throughout Russia in 1861. |  | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> was assassinated by a bomb thrown into his carriage by a member <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> a revolutionary group, the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will). |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Holy Alliance |
 | | The Emperor Francis <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Austria, King Frederick William III <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Prussia, and the Tsar <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia, signed a treaty on 26 September, 1815, by which they united in a "Holy Alliance." Although a political act, the treaty in its wording is a statement purely religious in character. |  | | It was solely an emanation <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the pietistic feelings <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the Emperor <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>, and the application <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the principles <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Christianity to politics. |  | | From June, 1815, the tsar had come under the sway <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> one <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> these mystical and reactionary tendencies, through the influence <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the Baroness von Krudener, a lady <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> German-Russian descent who was a religious visionary. |
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| | The <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> Palace Time Machine Bios - Emperor Paul <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>> |
 | | Thus, the <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> Palace came into being from the affection Catherine felt for Paul's first born, and her desire to control his life. |  | | Among the chief conspirators were the head <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the State Police, Count Pahlen, and Catherines last lover, the politically inastute Count Platon Zubov. |  | | The identity <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> his father is still hotly debated by scholars, while the extent <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the involvement <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> his eldest son, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> Pavlovich (later Tsar <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>), in his murder is yet unclear. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia: Napoleon's Conqueror (Grove Great Lives Series) |
 | | A grandson <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Catherine the Great, a conspirator in the assassination <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> his own father, and an idealistic and ineffective participant at the Congress <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Vienna, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> was torn all his life between his liberal illusions and the hard realities <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> autocratic Russia. |  | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>, Emporer <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> all the Russias (1801-1825) succeeded Catherine the Great (1762-1796) to the throne <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the Russian Empire separated only by the brief reign <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>'s father, Paul (1796-1801). |  | | Among the many faces that leaned over his crib every day <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> soon recognized one, which had only to appear and all others were eclipsed: a heavy face with a prominent double chin, blue-black eyes, and a tender smile, the face <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> his grandmother, Empress Catherine II <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia. |
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 | | Napoleon 1812, by Nigel Nicolson (Harper & Row, 192 pp., $16.95) The War <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the Two Emperors: The Duel between Napoleon and <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>: Russia, 1812, by......(Continue Reading) |  | | Considered Russia's last true autocrat, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> III was the epitome <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> what a Russian Tsar was supposed to be. |  | | Czar <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>: Czar <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>, the emperor <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia from 1801-1825, was best known for his alternately befriending, then fighting Napoleon <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>. In the &; |
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| | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> II |
 | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> II Eldest son <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Emperor Nicholas <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> was born in Moscow on April 17, 1818, and came to the throne on February 19, 1855, after the death <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> his father. |  | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> II was buried in the Cathedral <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the St. Peter and St. |  | | After his accession to the throne, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> II implemented important reforms, notably the abolition <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> serfdom, as well as changes in national, military and municipal organization. |
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 | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> died on November 19, 1825, in Taganrog and was buried in the Cathedral <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. |  | | Eldest son <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Emperor Paul <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>, <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> was born in St. Petersburg on December 12, 1777. |  | | From childhood, he was greatly influenced by Catherine the Great, who brought him up and considered him her successor. |
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 | | Catherine had asked Diderot to serve as <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>'s tutor, but he declined the offer. |  | | Although Catherine had intended for <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> to become Tsar upon her death rather than her sone Paul (Pavel) <<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>I<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>, her plan was never made public, and her son succeeded her to the throne. |  | | <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> at various times sided with and against the French armies under Napoleon, but the French invasion <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia in 1812 galvanized Russian opposition to the Revolutionary forces. |
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 | | Russias ten centuries tell a tale <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> enduring ambivalence towards the West in all its manifestations: from ancient Byzantium, to autocratic Prussia, to revolutionary France, NATO, and contemporary America. |  | | The Face <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russia explores the dominant strains <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> Russian culture, essentially a tale <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> three cities: Kiev, Moscow, and St. Petersburg. |  | | With the collapse <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the Soviet Union and its Communist alliance in 1991, Russia is again undergoing great changes, attempting to blend traditional ways with ideas from abroad. |
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 | | Inspired by the masterpiece <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> art and literature, Madame <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>'s goal has always been to design dolls that are works <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> art and with all the charm and grace <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the era they represent. |  | | Another colorful International Series Madame <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> "Russia" doll. |  | | Always the creative artist in doll design and manufacture, Madame <<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>>Alexander<<<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>><b>bb><<b>bb>>b<b>bb>>>> uses only the finest materials to produce dolls <<b>bb>>of<b>bb>> the highest quality in every way. |
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