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What artists can teach creative thinkers |
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Artists are innately creative, of course. That's why the rest of us, who are seeking to expand our creative powers, can learn much from them. Danielle Feliciano highlights three characteristics that we can borrow from artists to spur our own creative muse. |
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(11/29/2011) |
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To innovate, adapt someone else's idea |
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Very often the best way to innovate is to borrow someone else’s idea and apply it in your business. A successful innovation does not have to be an all-new invention. It just has to be something new to your business that is beneficial, explains Paul Sloane. |
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(11/22/2011) |
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The top 6 predictors of creative performance in the workplace |
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Is it possible to accurately predict if a person will be an effective creative thinker at work? After conducting rigorous tests, one Australian innovation firm says definitely yes. |
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(6/15/2011) |
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Salvador Dali's surrealist paintings: A surprising catalyst for creative solutions |
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The way that Salvador Dali, the famous surrealist painter, approached the subjects of his paintings holds within it some important lessons for those of us seeking creative solutions. |
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(6/10/2011) |
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When you need breakthrough ideas, consider anti-conventional thinking |
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When you need to develop ideas, don't just focus on generating a large quantity of them. The originality of them is even more important. That's when you should consider Jeffrey Baumgartner's anti-conventional thinking technique. |
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(5/11/2011) |
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| 12 apps for anywhere, any time brainstorming on the iPhone 3/30/2011 |
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| This is no time for 'idea tourism' 3/23/2011 |
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| 9 practices for cultivating creative aliveness 2/8/2011 |
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| Fosbury's innovative flop 12/8/2010 |
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| Why diversity is the mother of creativity 11/24/2010 |
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| Make yourself obsolete or your competitors will 11/16/2010 |
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| The man who innovated the postal service 11/15/2010 |
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| Four key principles of personal innovation 11/10/2010 |
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| How to leap over the shortcomings of traditional group brainstorming 10/20/2010 |
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| Embrace mistakes as a source of learning and invention 10/13/2010 |
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| Stepping off the hamster wheel: How to stay creative even when you’re insanely busy 10/5/2010 |
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| 15 foundations for facilitating creativity in the workplace 9/29/2010 |
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| Personal innovation: We need to stop and think 9/28/2010 |
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| Creativity: How to retrain your inner censor 9/8/2010 |
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| Tips to spark your creative genius at work 8/22/2010 |
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| The power of provocative questions for creative problem solving 8/4/2010 |
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| How to develop a creative 'elevator pitch' that captures attention and interest 7/21/2010 |
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| Don't forget: Brainstorming works! 7/14/2010 |
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| 10 tips for finding creativity later in life 7/6/2010 |
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| Immunize your team against the spoilers of creative thinking 6/30/2010 |
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| 11 dos and don'ts for small group ideation sessions 6/22/2010 |
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| How to strengthen your organization's creative core 6/9/2010 |
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| How to improve your odds of success when selling your big ideas to top management 6/8/2010 |
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| The basics of Creative Problem Solving - CPS 6/2/2010 |
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| Paradigm shifts, creativity and the sound of one hand clapping 5/11/2010 |
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| Survey reveals workplace factors that support on-the-job creativity 4/19/2010 |
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| How a creativity meeting with key customers helped one company grow these important relationships 4/18/2010 |
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| After Eureka: 7 questions to test innovation for profit potential 4/11/2010 |
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| Innovation lessons from Silly Putty 3/31/2010 |
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| What the self-organizing principles of improv theater can teach us about business creativity 3/16/2010 |
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| How to using a morphological matrix to generate ideas 3/10/2010 |
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| How to lead creatively and inspire your people 3/10/2010 |
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| SCAMPER your way to greater innovation 3/9/2010 |
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| How to use Twitter as a powerful idea discovery tool 2/17/2010 |
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| Break the rules to reveal innovation opportunities 2/2/2010 |
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| How trust fosters organizational creativity 1/25/2010 |
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| A better approach to creative problem solving 1/20/2010 |
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| Creative lessons from one of the most inspiring stories ever told: Acres of Diamonds 11/23/2009 |
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| Creativity as a search for meaning 11/19/2009 |
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| The sound of one hand creating: Making the most of constraints 10/31/2009 |
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| The rise of re-invention 10/26/2009 |
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| How to find the best ideas: A review of Innovation Tournaments: Creating and Selecting Exceptional Opportunities 9/9/2009 |
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| How to generate original creative ideas with random word stimulation 8/9/2009 |
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| Study proves that living overseas boosts creativity 8/4/2009 |
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| Increase your ingenuity by learning the 'creativity two-step' 7/28/2009 |
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| Creativity, overalls, and hard work 5/26/2009 |
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| How to think what no one else thinks 5/19/2009 |
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| 5 techniques for tapping team creativity 4/7/2009 |
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| Nine windows creativity technique offers a practical framework to consider a range of future opportunities 2/17/2009 |
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| Unleash your creativity with random word stimulation 2/11/2009 |
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| The impressionist's approach to business creativity 1/27/2009 |
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| How to generate powerful ideas by thinking laterally 1/20/2009 |
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| Ask questions: The single most important habit for innovative thinkers 12/9/2008 |
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| Managing change in an innovative world 11/18/2008 |
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| Creative collaboration: Lessons from improv theater 11/4/2008 |
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| Better brainstorming: How to improve quick and dirty idea reviews 10/28/2008 |
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| Where the best and worst ideas come from 10/3/2008 |
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| To be an innovator, confront your assumptions 7/17/2008 |
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| To encourage the flow of ideas, remember the three Cs 4/22/2008 |
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| To innovate, force yourself to take a different point of view 4/10/2008 |
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| Eight ways to generate more ideas in a group 2/21/2008 |
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| Brainwriting: A more perfect brainstorm 1/29/2008 |
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| Innovators share the lessons they've learned during 2007 1/8/2008 |
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| Uncovering the 'unk-unks' in your ideas 11/12/2007 |
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| Creativity and the performance paradox 11/2/2007 |
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| How to conduct a visual brainstorming session 10/5/2007 |
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| 10 mistakes to avoid with mind mapping software 8/23/2007 |
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| Right ways of working with the left brain 8/15/2007 |
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| When it comes to innovation, trust your intuition 7/20/2007 |
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| Turning your ideas into action 6/27/2007 |
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| Innovation coaching: The manager as idea midwife 5/30/2007 |
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| Become an idea collector 5/16/2007 |
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| The Six Thinking Hats of creative communication 3/23/2007 |
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| Adopt and adapt ideas to drive innovation 3/16/2007 |
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| How to generate 20 new business ideas over coffee 2/26/2007 |
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| Assumptions: A major roadblock to innovation 1/26/2007 |
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| Innovators share the lessons they've learned during 2006 12/27/2006 |
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| Ideas come in all sizes 10/25/2006 |
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| Customer intimacy and empathy are keys to innovation 8/16/2006 |
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| Unleash your inner genius: Ten great ways to boost your personal creativity 8/11/2006 |
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| Look for the solution within the problem 7/24/2006 |
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| The romance of creativity 4/5/2006 |
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| Creativity in reverse: a new way to use TRIZ 2/28/2006 |
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| Spontaneous versus solution-oriented creativity 2/22/2006 |
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| Take the brainstorming quiz 2/17/2006 |
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| Creativity and the value of confusion 2/9/2006 |
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| A-ha! Great moments in creativity 2/2/2006 |
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| Innovators share the lessons they’ve learned during 2005 12/16/2005 |
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| Innovators: Are you solving the right problem? 11/4/2005 |
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| QREATIVITY: Revolutionary ideas come from ridiculous questions 10/27/2005 |
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| Four ways to sidestep your creative blocks and motivate your muse 7/19/2005 |
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| Unlock the power of metaphorical thinking 6/17/2005 |
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| Need a great idea? Feed your brain 6/10/2005 |
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| Innovation strategy: Finding alternative uses of your products 5/18/2005 |
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| The shining diamond of creativity: Five doorways into brilliance 4/13/2005 |
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| Brainstorming strategy: Don’t settle for the first idea 4/6/2005 |
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| How to nurture your creative passion 3/23/2005 |
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| Innovation in action: Go on, be a contrarian 3/2/2005 |
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| Don't multi-task, multi-think instead 2/1/2005 |
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| Cultivating the habit of innovation 1/27/2005 |
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| When brainstorming, don't give in to limited thinking 1/12/2005 |
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| Innovators share the lessons they’ve learned during 2004 12/20/2004 |
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| Use 'knowledgestorming' to tap your team's collective knowledge, experience and ideas 11/9/2004 |
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| Creative thinking technique: Lotus Blossom 10/21/2004 |
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| Enhance your personal innovation with a brainstorming retreat 10/6/2004 |
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| Free creative thinking tools on the Web 9/21/2004 |
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| Creativity made simple: Divergence and convergence are critical to successful ideation 8/19/2004 |
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| How to use mind mapping software for project management 7/8/2004 |
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| Clearing Space for Creativity 6/22/2004 |
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| Group Brainstorming: Dot Voting with a Difference 6/15/2004 |
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| Use mind mapping with templates to develop 'SMART' goals 2/16/2004 |
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| Ten power tools for recording your best ideas 12/10/2003 |
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| Outlining software: An essential tool for brainstorming, business planning and writing 10/15/2003 |
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| How unusual combinations lead to breakthrough ideas 9/26/2003 |
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| Personal Innovation: Seize the initiative to profit from change, uncertainty 5/29/2003 |
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| Think horizontally and vertically to solve your next creative challenge 2/10/2003 |
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| Brainstorming cost saving ideas 12/19/2002 |
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| How to take a creative 'excursion' 11/12/2002 |
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| Are your innovation ‘ducks all in a row?’ 11/7/2002 |
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| Change your mind and you change your world - removing barriers to innovation 10/11/2002 |
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| Computer-Enhanced Creativity: Use Your Existing Software in Creative Ways 7/18/2002 |
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| Photography: the art of 'seeing' 7/16/2002 |
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| To write creatively, consider the artist's approach 7/16/2002 |
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| Tips for personal brainstorming 7/1/2002 |
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| Finding inspiration on the Web 6/26/2002 |
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| In search of the ideal device to capture ideas 5/23/2002 |
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| Visual Diagramming Adds Impact to Ideas 2/27/2002 |
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| How to creatively leverage benefits from new technology - and beat your competition 1/16/2002 |
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| Attitudes of creative people: A descriptive sketch of the creative person 11/30/2001 |
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| 'Creativity is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.' What does that mean? 11/21/2001 |
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| A daily regimen of creative thinking 11/13/2001 |
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| Visual Thinking: Executive Power Tool of the 21st Century 9/7/2001 |
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| Got a problem? Take a 'walk' around it 9/6/2001 |
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| Record your ideas - for fun and profit! 9/6/2001 |
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| Take time for 'think time' 9/6/2001 |
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