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#¤*:=~.... IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS ....~=:*¤#
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###¤*:=~.. V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH ..~=:*¤###
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###¤*:=~.. PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED ..~=:*¤###
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###¤*:=~.. CONTAMINATED BY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS ..~=:*¤###
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##¤*:=~... MANUFACTURED AND ADDED TO "CLEAN" ...~=:*¤##
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#¤*:=~.... IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR EACH ITERATION ....~=:*¤#
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###¤*:=~.. LARGER-SCALE FORMS. ..~=:*¤###
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