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    <item rdf:about="http://www.oregonwild.org/about/press-room/press-clips/blm-misreads-mandate">        <title> BLM misreads mandate</title>        <link>http://www.oregonwild.org/about/press-room/press-clips/blm-misreads-mandate</link>        <description>A Guest Viewpoint by an Earthjustice attorney looking at the relationship between the O&amp;C Act and the WOPR.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Old Growth</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>WOPR</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-04-29T20:44:37Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Press Clip</dc:type>    </item>
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