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Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any
particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler, or claimant
continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing,
settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make
settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington this 10th day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and of the
Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-second.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
WILLIAM R. DAY,
_Secretary of State._



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section twenty-four of the act of Congress
approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An
act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," "That the
President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and
reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests,
in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or
undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations,
and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the
establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;"

And whereas it is further provided by the act of Congress, approved June
fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An act making
appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
and for other purposes," that "The President is hereby authorized at any
time to modify any executive order that has been or may hereafter be
made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may
reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may
vacate altogether any order creating such reserve;"

And whereas the public lands in the Territory of New Mexico, within the
limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it
appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and
reserving said lands as a public reservation;

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by
virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid acts of Congress, do
hereby make known and proclaim that the boundary lines of the Forest
Reservation in the Territory of New Mexico, known as "The Pecos River
Forest Reserve," created by proclamation of January eleventh, eighteen
hundred and ninety-two, are hereby so changed and enlarged as to include
all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying and being
situate in the Territory of New Mexico, and within the boundaries
particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the southwest corner of Township seventeen (17) North,
Range thirteen (13) East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico;
thence easterly along the Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel North, to its
intersection with the west boundary line of the Las Vegas Grant; thence
northerly along the west boundary lines of the Las Vegas and Mora Grants
to the point of intersection with the southeast boundary line of the
Rancho del Rio Grande Grant; thence along the boundary line of said
grant in a southwesterly direction to the most southerly point thereof;
thence southerly to the line of the Santa Barbary Grant; thence
southeasterly and southerly to the southeast corner thereof; thence
westerly along the south boundary line of said grant to the southwest
corner thereof, and continuing westerly to the east boundary line of the
Las Trampas Grant; thence in a general southwesterly direction following
the boundary lines of the Las Trampas, Las Truchas, and San Fernando
Santiago Grants to the point of intersection with the unsurveyed range
line between Ranges ten (10) and eleven (11) East; thence southerly
along the range line to the point for the southwest corner of Section
eighteen (18), Fractional Township sixteen (16) North, Range eleven (11)
East; thence easterly along the unsurveyed section line to the point for
the southeast corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence
northerly along the range line to the northeast corner of Township
seventeen (17) North, Range eleven (11) East; thence easterly along the
township line to the southeast corner of Township eighteen (18) North,
Range twelve (12) East; thence southerly along the range line to the
southwest corner of Township seventeen (17) North, Range thirteen (13)
East, the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which
may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or
covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States
Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant
to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of
record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held
according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not
in conflict therewith;

Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any
particular tract of land unless the entry man, settler, or claimant
continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing,
settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make
settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 27th day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and of the
Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-second.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
J.B. MOORE,
_Acting Secretary of State_.



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas pursuant to section 3 of the act of Congress approved July 24,
1897, entitled "An Act to provide revenue for the Government and to
encourage the industries of the United States," the Governments of the
United States and of the French Republic have in the spirit of amity,
and with a desire to improve their commercial relations, entered into
a Commercial Agreement in which reciprocal and equivalent concessions
have been in the judgment of the President secured according to the
provisions of said section, whereby the following articles of commerce,
being the products and manufactures of the United States, are to be
admitted into France on and after the 1st day of June, 1898, at the
minimum rate of duty, not exceeding the rates respectively appearing
in the following table, namely:


Francs per 100 kilogs.
Canned meats 15

Table fruits, fresh:
Lemons, oranges, cedrats and their varieties not mentioned 5
Mandarin oranges 10
Common table grapes 8
Apples and pears:
For the table 2
For cider and perry 1.50
Other fruits except hothouse grapes and fruits 3

Fruits dried or pressed (excluding raisins):
Apples and pears:
For the table 10
For cider and perry 4
Prunes 10
Other fruits 5

Common woods, logs 0.65
Sawed or squared timber 80 mm. or more in thickness 1
Squared or sawed lumber exceeding 35 mm.
and less than 80 mm. in thickness 1.25
Wood sawed 35 mm. or less in thickness 1.75

Paving blocks 1.75
Staves 1.75
Hops 30
Apples and pears crushed, or cut and dried 1.50
Manufactured and prepared Pork meats 50
Lard and its compounds 25


Therefore, in further execution of the provisions of said section it is
hereby declared that on and after the 1st day of June, 1898, and during
the continuance in force of the Agreement aforesaid, and until otherwise
declared, the imposition and collection of the duties heretofore imposed
and collected upon the following named articles, the products of France,
by virtue of said act are hereby suspended, and in place thereof the
duties shall be imposed and collected thereon according to the
provisions of said section 3 as follows:

On argols, or crude tartar, or wine lees, crude, five _per centum ad
valorem_.

On brandies, or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or
other materials, one dollar and seventy-five cents per proof gallon.

On paintings in oil or water colors, pastels, pen and ink drawings, and
statuary, fifteen _per centum ad valorem_.

It is further declared that the rates of duty heretofore imposed and
collected on still wines and vermuth, the product of France, under the
provisions of the United States Tariff Act of 1897 are conditionally
suspended, and in place thereof shall be imposed and collected on and
after the 1st day of June next as follows, namely:

On still wines and vermuth, in casks, thirty-five cents per gallon; in
bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs containing each
not more than one quart and more than one pint, or twenty-four bottles
or jugs containing each not more than one pint, one dollar and
twenty-five cents per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found
in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty of four cents per
pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty
shall be assessed upon the bottles or jugs.

Now, therefore, be it known that I, William McKinley, President of the
United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of
the customs duties of the respective countries to be made public for the
information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington this 30th day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-eight, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and twenty-second.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
WILLIAM R. DAY,
_Secretary of State_.



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas the public lands in the State of California, within the limits
hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears
that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving
said lands as a public reservation;

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by
virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid acts of Congress, do
hereby make known and proclaim that the boundary lines of the Forest
Reservation in the State of California, known as "the Pine Mountain
and Zaca Lake Forest Reserve," created by proclamation of March second,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, are hereby so changed and enlarged as
to include all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying
and being situate in the State of California, and within the boundaries
particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the northwest corner of fractional Township twelve (12)
North, Range thirty (30) West, San Bernardino Base and Meridian,
California; thence southerly along the range line to the southwest
corner of said fractional township; thence westerly along the township
line to the northwest corner of Section three (3), Township eleven (11)
North, Range thirty-one (31) West; thence southerly along the section
line to the southwest corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township;
thence westerly along the section line to the northwest corner of
Section thirty (30), said township; thence southerly along the range
line between Ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) West, to
the northern boundary of the rancho Sisquoc; thence in a general
southeasterly direction along the boundaries of the ranchos Sisquoc, La
Laguna, Canada de los Pinos or College Rancho, Tequepis, San Marcos, and
Los Prietos y Najalayegua, to the range line between Ranges twenty-four
(24) and twenty-five (25) West; thence southerly along said range line
to the southeast corner of Township five (5) North, Range twenty-five
(25) West; thence easterly along the township line between Townships
four (4) and five (5) North, to the western boundary of the rancho
Temascal; thence along the western, northern, and eastern boundary of
said rancho to its intersection with the northern boundary of the rancho
San Francisco; thence along the northern and eastern boundary of said
rancho to its southeast corner and continuing southerly to the northern
boundary of the Ex Mission de San Fernando Grant; thence along the
northern boundary of said grant to its intersection with the range line
between Ranges fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) West; thence northerly
along said range line to the northeast corner of Section twenty-four
(24), Township four (4) North, Range fifteen (15) West; thence easterly
along the section line to the southeast corner of Section thirteen (13),
Township four (4) North, Range thirteen (13) West; thence northerly
along the range line to the southwest corner of Township five (5) North,
Range twelve (12) West; thence easterly along the township line to the
southeast corner of said township; thence northerly along the range line
to the northeast corner of Section twelve (12) of said township; thence
westerly along the section line to the northwest corner of Section seven
(7), said township; thence northerly along the range line to the First
(1st) Standard Parallel North; thence westerly along the First (1st)
Standard Parallel North to the southeast corner of Township six (6)
North, Range thirteen (13) West; thence northerly along the range line
to the northeast corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence
westerly along the section line to the northwest corner of Section
thirteen (13), Township six (6) North, Range fourteen (14) West; thence
northerly along the section line to the northeast corner of Section two
(2), said township; thence westerly along the township line to the
northwest corner of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly
along the section line to the northeast corner of Section five (5),
Township seven (7) North, Range fourteen (14) West; thence westerly
along the township line to the northwest corner of fractional Section
one (1), Township seven (7) North, Range seventeen (17) West; thence
northerly along the section line to the intersection with the southern
boundary of the rancho La Liebre; thence northwesterly along the
boundaries of the ranches La Liebre and Los Alamos y Agua Caliente to
the township line between Townships eight (8) and nine (9) North; thence
westerly along said township line to the southeast corner of Township
nine (9) North, Range twenty-two (22) West; thence northerly along the
township line to the northeast corner of said township; thence westerly
along the township line to the intersection with the southern boundary
of the rancho Cuyama; thence westerly and northwesterly along the
southern boundaries of the ranches Cuyama to the Eighth (8th) Standard
Parallel South; thence westerly along said parallel to the northwest
corner of fractional Township twelve (12) North, Range thirty (30) West,
the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all irrigation
rights and lands lawfully acquired therefor and all lands which may have
been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered
by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land
Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to
law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of
record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held
according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not
in conflict therewith;

Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any
particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler, or claimant
continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing,
settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make
settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 29th day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and of the
Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-second.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
J.B. MOORE,
_Acting Secretary of State._



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas satisfactory proof has been given to me that no tonnage or
light-house dues or any equivalent tax or taxes whatever are imposed
upon vessels of the United States in the port of Copenhagen, in the
Kingdom of Denmark;

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section eleven of
the act of Congress, entitled "An Act to abolish certain fees for
official services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating
to shipping commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other
purposes," approved June nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six, and in virtue of the further act amendatory thereof,
entitled "An act to amend the laws relating to navigation and for
other purposes," approved April four, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-eight, do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the
date of this, my Proclamation, shall be suspended the collection of the
whole of the tonnage duty which is imposed by said section eleven of the
act approved June nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six,
upon vessels entered in the ports of the United States directly from the
port of Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark.

Provided, that there shall be excluded from the benefits of the
suspension hereby declared and proclaimed, the vessels of any foreign
country in whose ports the fees or dues of any kind or nature imposed on
vessels of the United States, or the import or export duties on their
cargoes, are in excess of the fees, dues, or duties imposed on the
vessels of such country or on the cargoes of such vessels; but this
proviso shall not be held to be inconsistent with the special regulation
by foreign countries of duties and other charges on their own vessels,
and the cargoes thereof, engaged in their coasting trade, or with the
existence between such countries and other States of reciprocal
stipulations founded on special conditions and equivalents, and thus not
within the treatment of American vessels under the most favored nation
clause in treaties between the United States and such countries.

And the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed shall continue so long
as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the
United States and their cargoes, shall be continued in the said port of
Copenhagen and no longer.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 19th day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and of the
Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-third.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
WILLIAM R. DAY,
_Secretary of State._



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas in the opening of the Cherokee Outlet, pursuant to section ten
of the act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and
ninety-three, the lands known as the Eastern Middle, and Western Saline
Reserves, were excepted from settlement in view of three leases made
by the Cherokee Nation prior to March third, eighteen hundred and
ninety-three, under authority of the act of Congress, approved August
seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two;

And whereas it appears that said leases were never approved as provided
by law;

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by
virtue of the power in me vested by section ten of said act of March
third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, do hereby declare and make
known that all the lands in said saline reserves, as described in a
proclamation dated August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,
are hereby restored to the public domain and will be disposed of under
the laws of the United States relating to public lands in said Cherokee
Outlet, subject to the policy of the Government in disposing of saline
lands.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington this 27th day of July, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and of the
Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-third.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
WILLIAM R. DAY,
_Secretary of State._



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section twenty-four of the act of Congress,
approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An
act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," "That the
President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and
reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests,
in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or
undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations,
and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the
establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;"

And whereas it is further provided by the act of Congress, approved June
fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An act making
appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
and for other purposes," that "The President is hereby authorized at any
time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be
made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may
reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may
vacate altogether any order creating such reserve;"

And whereas, the public lands in the States of South Dakota and Wyoming,
within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with
timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting
apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation;

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by
virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid acts of Congress, do
hereby make known and proclaim that the boundary lines of the Forest
Reservation in the State of South Dakota, known as "The Black Hills
Forest Reserve," created by proclamation of February twenty-second,
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, are hereby so changed and enlarged as
to include all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and
being situate in the States of South Dakota and Wyoming, and within the
boundaries particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the southeast corner of Township five (5) South, Range five
(5) East, Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota; thence northerly to the
northeast corner of said township; thence easterly to the southeast
corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township four (4) South, Range six
(6) East; thence northerly to the southeast corner of Section nine (9),
said township; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Section twelve
(12), said township; thence northerly along the range line to the
northeast corner of Section thirteen (13), Township one (1) North, Range
six (6) East; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said section;
thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section two (2), said
township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said section;
thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section twenty-two (22),
Township two (2) North, Range six (6) East; thence westerly to the
southeast corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence
northerly to the northeast corner of said section; thence westerly to
the northwest corner of said section; thence northerly to the southeast
corner of Section thirty (30), Township three (3) North, Range six (6)
East; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Section twenty-seven
(27), said township; thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section
twenty-two (22), said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner
of said section; thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section
sixteen (16), said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of
said section; thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section eight
(8), said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said
section; thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section nineteen
(19), Township four (4) North, Range six (6) East; thence westerly to
the northwest corner of said section; thence northerly to the northeast
corner of Section twelve (12), Township four (4) North, Range five (5)
East; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence
northerly to the northeast corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township
five (5) North, Range five (5) East; thence westerly to the northwest
corner of said section; thence northerly to the northeast corner of
Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence westerly to the
northwest corner of said section; thence northerly to the northeast
corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence westerly to
the southeast corner of Section thirteen (13), Township five (5) North,
Range four (4) East; thence northerly to the northeast corner of said
section; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence
northerly to the northeast corner of Section two (2), said township;
thence westerly to the northwest corner of Section four (4), said
township; thence southerly to the southwest corner of said section;
thence westerly to the southeast corner of Section two (2), Township
five (5) North, Range three (3) East; thence northerly to the northeast
corner of said section; thence westerly to the southeast corner of
Section thirty-five (35), Township six (6) North, Range two (2) East;
thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section twenty-six (26) said
township; thence westerly to the southeast corner of Section twenty-four
(24), Township six (6) North, Range one (1) East; thence northerly to
the northeast corner of said section; thence westerly along the section
line to its intersection with the boundary line between the States of
South Dakota and Wyoming; thence southerly along said State boundary
line to its intersection with the section line between Sections
twenty-eight (28) and thirty-three (33), Township fifty-two (52) North,
Range sixty (60) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Wyoming; thence
westerly to the northwest corner of Section thirty-six (36), Township
fifty-two (52) North, Range sixty-one (61) West; thence southerly along
the section line to its intersection with the Twelfth (12th) Standard
Parallel North; thence easterly along said parallel to its intersection
with the boundary line between the States of Wyoming and South Dakota;
thence southerly along said State boundary line to its intersection with
the section line between Sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19),
Township three (3) South, Range one (1) East, Black Hills Meridian,
South Dakota; thence easterly to the northwest corner of Section
twenty-two (22), said township, thence southerly to the southwest corner
of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence easterly to the
southeast corner of said township; thence southerly to the southwest
corner of Section thirty (30), Township four (4) South, Range two (2)
East; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Section twenty-seven
(27), said township; thence southerly to the southwest corner of Section
eleven (11), Township five (5) South, Range two (2) East; thence
easterly to the northwest corner of Section eighteen (18), Township five
(5) South, Range four (4) East; thence southerly to the southwest corner
of said township; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Township
five (5) South, Range five (5) East, the place of beginning; excepting
and excluding from reservation all those certain tracts, pieces or
parcels of land lying and being situate within the boundaries
particularly described as follows, to wit:

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Barack Obama is teaming up with Spider-Man in a new comic from Marvel, which will see the future president exchanging a fist-bump with Peter Parker's alter ego.

The five-page story takes place in Washington DC on inauguration day, when one of Spidey's oldest enemies, the Chameleon, attempts to stop Obama's swearing-in ceremony. Fortunately, Peter Parker is covering the event as a photographer, and jumps in to save the day.

"Ya hear that, Chameleon? The president-elect here just appointed me ... secretary of shuttin' you up," Spider-Man says as he thwacks the Chameleon in the face. "I hope this doesn't ruin the inauguration for you," he tells Obama, as the Chameleon is led away by security officials. "Honestly, I'm more upset by the Chameleon's shockingly deficient understanding of the electoral process," Obama replies.

Spidey then cedes the limelight to Obama. "This is your day, after all, and I know it wouldn't look good to be seen palling around with me," he says, in a nod to Sarah Palin's comment that the then presidential candidate had been "palling around with terrorists".

The story, written by Zeb Wells and illustrated by Todd Nauck and Frank D'Armata, will appear as a bonus feature in Amazing Spider-Man 583, which goes on sale on 14 January.

"When we heard that president-elect Obama is a collector of Spider-Man comics, we knew that these two historic figures had to meet in our comics' Marvel Universe," said Marvel's editor-in-chief Joe Quesada. "A Spider-Man fan moving into the Oval Office is an event that must be commemorated in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man."

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