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ost_uid0="Zeke"]There are nine other 5MVers referenced directly or indirectly in the text.[/quote

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Got 8. Can't find the other. And this was without cheating, but with a little collaboration--Derek didn't know these.
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ost_uid0] among them, though when I first thought of the former he was going to be a cameo. Â I hadn't decided who by the time I changed my mind.[/quote

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In that case, it disturbs me that I had a guess (for the hooded man, not the cow).[/color

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