Airline Slogans
for airlines C - F
A comprehensive list of airline slogans
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Airlines with Names beginning C
through F
Here are such slogans and
related phrases as we've been able to find for airlines starting
with the letters C through F inclusive. Click through the
other parts of this series of other airlines - we have airlines
featured from all letters of the alphabet.
Within each airline section
we list slogans in alphabetical order.
Can You Help Us?
Sure, this is already
probably the largest collection of airline slogans, anywhere.
But it barely touches the surface of all the slogans that have
ever been released, for all airlines that have ever flown (or
even not flown!).
Furthermore, the information
we do have is usually incomplete and may sometimes be
inaccurate.
If you can help us more
accurately identify the slogans we have, or if you have new
slogans to add to the collection, please
let us know. It is helpful if you tell us the slogan
itself, the airline it related to, and also as much else such as
when the slogan was in use, and how it was used, and any
background to why the slogan was chosen, or why it was
superseded, and anything else to add to the context of each
slogan.
Canada 3000 |
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Founded in 1988, initially for charter
service. After merging with Royal
Aviation and taking over CanJet Airlines, it
offered scheduled service within Canada
(probably from 1993) and internationally
before ceasing operations in 2001. |
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Coast to Coast
(sighted, timetables, 1993, 94, 95) |
1993 - 5 |
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Reliable * Affordable *
Air Travel
(sighted, timetables, 1993, 94, 95, 96, 97)
(the asterisks were actually Maple leaf
images) |
1993 - 7 |
Canadian Pacific
Airlines (CP Air) |
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Founded in 1942, purchased and absorbed
into Canadian Airlines in 1987 (which in
turn was acquired by Air Canada in 2001). |
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Serving (number
indistinct) Continents
(sighted on flight bag) |
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World's most
complete transportation system
(sighted on 1964 ad, and referred to trains,
trucks, ships, planes, hotels and
telecommunications as making up the CP
system) |
1964 |
Canjet Airlines |
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Fly smart |
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Capital Airlines |
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There have been a number of airlines of
this name, even one in Nigeria. This
entry is about the US airline that grew to
be the fifth largest US carrier before being
merged into United Airlines in 1960, and
ceasing to exist independently in 1961.
It originally appeared in 1948 as a
renaming of the airline formerly known as
Pennsylvania Central Airlines. |
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Aircoach
(sighted, timetables, 1950, 51, 52, 54 - a
concept of a good value coach class service) |
1950 -
54 |
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Fly Today
(sighted, timetables, 1946 - a slogan
carried over from its predecessor, PCA) |
1946 |
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Known for Years as PCA, One of America's
Pioneer Airlines
(sighted, timetables, 47, 48- do I detect
some angst about changing the name of the
airline?) |
1947 -
48 |
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Service....Comfort....Dependability
(sighted, timetable, 1948 - yet another
variation on the 'big three' listing of
features) |
1948 |
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Serving America since 1927
(sighted, timetables, - an attempt to
underscore this wasn't a new carrier but
merely a renamed existing carrier) |
1946 |
Cathay Pacific
(Hong Kong) |
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Founded in 1946; now partially Chinese
owned. |
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Arrive in a better
shape. |
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Cathay Pacific.
The heart of Asia. |
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Great service. Great people.
Great fares.
(Claimed to be current - 2010 slogan per
Wikipedia) |
2010 |
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Hong Kong's
Discovery Airline |
1970s |
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It's the little things that move you
(Claimed to be their original slogan per
Wikipedia) |
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Meet the team
(sighted Nov 2010 in lots of places - shows
two pictures of various employees, one at
work and one off duty) |
2010 |
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Now you're really
flying. |
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Cebu Pacific Air |
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It's time everyone flies
(sighted, their website) |
2009 |
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It's time every Juan flies
(local version for the Philippines) |
2009 |
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The New Filipino
Time |
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You above all |
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Chalk's |
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Did
some ad-hoc charter operations from 1917
under the name Red Arrow Flying Service, and
commenced scheduled service in Feb 1919 as
Chalk's Flying Service. Has had
several names including Chalk's
International and Chalk's Ocean Airways
(1999 - 2006). Ceased operations in
2007. |
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The World's Oldest Airline
(based on first services in 1917 and
scheduled services since 1919, although it
paused operations for three years due to
World War II, two days due to 1992's
Hurricane Andrew, and eleven months due to
an "at altitude tragedy" on December 19,
2005. The more generally accepted
oldest airline is KLM, which was founded in
1919 and started service in 1920.) |
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Chicago Air |
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Started service in 1985, ceased operations
in 1986 |
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It's a breeze, Chicago Air
(A clever reference to Chicago's reputation
as being 'the windy city') |
1985 -
86 |
CityBird |
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Started service in 1996, based in Brussels,
ceased operation in 2001. |
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The Flying Dream
(sighted, timetables, 1997, 98, 99) |
1997 -
99 |
Continental Airlines |
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FTDPM
(a reader writes : Gave all of the
"hostesses" a ribbon to wear on our uniforms
with FTDPM printed on them. The idea
was that passengers would ask us what the
letters meant. Needless to say the
ribbons did not last long because FTDPM
meant "Feel the difference pride makes".) |
1965 |
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If you can't fly
Continental you might as well walk across |
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Continental. A major airline that's
not just another airline.
(sighted on timetable, 1987) |
1987 |
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One airline can
make a difference |
1991 |
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The Proud Bird
with the Golden Tail (prior to its
bankruptcy in 1983 its planes had golden
colored tails) (this is also believed to be
a derivative from the short lived slogan 'We
really move our tails for you'.) |
1970s |
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We really move our
tails for you (short lived due to employees
claiming it was degrading) |
1974 |
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Work Hard. Fly
Right. |
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Working to be your
choice (after a difficult merger with
People's Express, Frontier and New York Air) |
1987 |
Croatia Airlines |
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More
than a comfortable flight |
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Dan Air |
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Be
independent - fly Dan Air |
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Delta Airlines |
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Note -
there is a presumably definitive and
official listing of Delta slogans on their
website |
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Airlines
Are the Same; Only People Make the
Difference
(per DL website) |
1980 |
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Delta—One of America's Pioneer Scheduled
Airlines
(per DL website) |
1950s |
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Delta
Air Lines—The Trans-Southern Route
(per DL website) |
1935 |
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DELTA
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Air Travel
(per DL website) |
ca 1966
- 68 |
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Delta
Gets You There; other versions: Delta Will
Get You There and Delta Gets You There with
Care
(per DL website) |
1984-87 |
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Delta Is
My Airline
(per DL website) |
1974 |
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Delta Is
Ready When You Are
(per DL website) |
1968 -
Dec 1984 |
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DELTA
the airline with the BIG JETS
(per DL website) |
1959 |
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Fly
Delta Jets
(sighted - a prominent illuminated sign at
ATL airport; also seen on 1964 print ad) |
~1964 -
2009 |
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Good
goes around (A strange slogan - a 'go around' in airline speak
means a failed landing)
(per DL website) |
2005 |
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Hospitality and Service from the Heart
(per DL website) |
late 50s |
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Keep
Climbing (sighted on in-flight
entertainment, June 2011) |
2011 |
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Much
more space (business class) |
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None
Faster—None Finer—To and Through the South
(per DL website) |
1948 |
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On Top
of the World
(per DL website) |
1997 |
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Ready
When You Are
(per DL website) |
ca 1992 |
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Speed,
Comfort and Convenience
(per DL website) |
1930s |
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Speed,
Comfort and Safety
(per DL website) |
1929 |
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That's
the Delta Spirit DELTA. The Airline Run by
Professionals.
(per DL website) |
1970 |
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The
Airline of the South
(per DL website) |
1940 |
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The one
xxx airline - The one xxx that matters is
yours (xxx = flight, ticket, passenger,
family, vacation, stewardess) |
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We Love
to Fly and We Love to Fly and it Shows
(per DL website) |
Sep 87 |
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You'll
Love the Way We Fly
(per DL website) |
1994 |
Deutsche BA |
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The Bearline (The
bear is Berlin's mascot) |
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Dragonair Hong
Kong |
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Opening up Asia |
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Eastern Air Lines |
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Ceased operations on 18 Jan 1991 |
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A first class seat at a coach price.
(sighted in two forms, timetables, 1990,
1991) |
1990 -
91 |
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America's favorite
way to fly.
(sighted, timetables, 1982) |
1982 |
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Eastern Airlines.
The Wings of Man. |
from
late 1960s to late 70s |
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Experience Inspires Confidence
(sighted on timetable, 1959) |
1959 |
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Fly Eastern. #1 to the sun |
~ 1970s |
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(Fly) The Great Silver Fleet
(sighted on timetables, 1936 & 1948, and
on photo 1938) |
1936,
38, 48 |
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There's no
stopping us now (after the big strike in
1989) |
1990 |
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We have to earn
our wings every day.
subsequently
At
Eastern, We earn our wings everyday
(sighted, timetable, 1986) |
late 70s
to mid/late 80s |
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We've got your
ticket |
ca 1987 |
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We make it easier
to fly |
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We want everyone
to fly |
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When you need the
sun, there's only one. |
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Widen your world to the sun on Eastern.
(sighted, timetable 1970) |
1970 |
Eastwind Airlines |
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Formed in 1995, based first in Trenton NJ
then in Greensboro NC, provided service up
and down the east coast. Ceased
operations at the end of 1999. |
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The Bee Line
(sighted on tail of plane; the airline's
radio call sign was 'Stinger Bee') |
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easyJet |
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Come on, let's fly |
2005 |
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The web's
favourite airline
(probably a tongue-in-cheek response to BA's
'the world's favourite airline' slogan) |
< 2005 |
El Al Israel
Airlines |
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Home away from
home |
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Emirates |
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Even time flies on
Emirates |
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Keep discovering |
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Empire Air Lines |
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Although the name might imply otherwise,
this carrier was a regional carrier in the
Pacific Northwest. It seems to have
operated from about 1946 until 1952 when it
was merged into West Coast Airlines. |
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Route of the Timesavers
(sighted on undated timetable) |
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Empire State Airlines |
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New York State's Own Airline
(sighted, timetable, 1965 - pictured at top
of page) |
1965 |
Ethiopian |
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Bringing Africa
together |
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The wonderland
route |
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EVA Air |
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Fly EVA Air and Feel the Difference
(source - Wikipedia) |
1991
launch |
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Eva Air. The wings
of Taiwan. (source - Wikipedia) |
1996 - 2002 |
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Just relax, your home in the air. (source
- Wikipedia) |
2003 - 05 |
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Sharing the world, flying together.
(source - Wikipedia) |
2005 - 14 |
Finnair |
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Most experienced
in northern skies |
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The fresh touch of
flying
(sighted on a flight bag) |
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Florida Express
Airlines |
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Going our way?
Florida Express yourself today. |
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FlyBaboo |
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A breath of Swiss
air
(This airline competed with Swiss, and the
word 'Swiss' was bolded) |
2005 |
FreshAer |
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The New Irish
Airlines |
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Frontier
Airlines USA |
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Frontier. A
whole different animal (they have animal
pictures on their planes) |
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The spirit of the
west |
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Important Note : The Accuracy of the Slogans
Listed
We've compiled this list of
slogans as a result of searching through the internet and
exercising as much quality control as we can, but identifying
definitive slogans is very much a series of shades of grey
rather than black and white - indeed, we've seen airlines
themselves with multiple similar versions of the same slogan -
are these a planned formal evolution of the 'official' slogan,
or a series of mistaken variations on the official theme?
When does a slogan start or
finish?
How much of a sentence,
clause, or phrase is the key part of the slogan, and how much is
not so relevant? For example, the slogan often remembered
as 'Something Special in the Air' comes from a more complete
sentence 'Silver bird, take me where there's something special
in the air', and we've seen the slogan cited in full, or as the
intermediate form 'take me where there's something special in
the air' as well as in its five word essential form.
Wherever possible, we've
tried to show as much of the complete context of the slogan as
we can, and indicate by brackets which is the key part.
Capitals/lower case/periods
Very rarely we've actually
sighted a slogan ourselves, and then can accurately copy it in
terms of its capitalization and punctuation. But even in
such cases as that, ambiguities arise - if a slogan is shown in
all upper case, should we now show it as all upper case or
should we use a mix of upper and lower case, and, if the latter
(our preference) was it the original intent to capitalize every
word or just the starts of sentences and proper nouns?
Additionally, if a slogan is
broken into two lines when printed, was it the intent of the
slogan writer to have it in two lines, or is this merely a
layout/typographical coincidence? Should we show it as two
lines, or as two sentences, or as one sentence with a comma?
Should there be a period at
the end of the slogan?
So, even if we have sighted
the slogan ourselves, it is difficult to accurately render it on
this listing.
Relying on imperfect sources
And, of course, if we're
accepting someone else's recollection or written memory, there
is plenty of opportunity for error.
Two people might offer two
versions of a slogan - is this a case of one person being
mistaken (and which person?), or is it a case of a slogan which
appeared in two forms?
Sometimes it is interesting
to see how slogans get confused and altered, but in the
interests of accuracy, we're trying to restrict ourselves to the
correct versions only!
The bottom line - what can you
rely upon
The bottom line is that few
of these slogans can be considered as definitive. If
you're looking for a resource to settle a large bet with a
friend, the only slogans you can be certain of here are the ones
that have a formal attribution to them (eg a 'sighted' or
similar comment).
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Originally published
21 Aug 2009, last update
30 May 2021
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