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1988–89 snooker world rankings

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the governing body for professional snooker, first introduced a ranking system for professional players in 1976, with the aim of seeding players for the World Snooker Championship.[1] The reigning champion would be automatically seeded first, the losing finalist from the previous year seeded second, and the other seedings based on the ranking list.[1] Initially, the rankings were based on performances in the preceding three world championships.[1] The list for the 1986–87 snooker season was the first to only take account of results over two seasons, and the rankings for 1988–89 were also based on results from the preceding two seasons.[2][3]

Steve Davis playing snooker
Steve Davis (pictured in 2008) was ranked in first place for the sixth consecutive year.
Jimmy White playing snooker
Jimmy White (pictured in 2011) retained second place in the rankings.

Being ranked in the top 16 exempted players from the qualifying rounds for the World Snooker Championship and also meant inclusion in certain invitational events.[4] The top 32 ranked players were exempt from the early qualifying rounds of the other ranking tournaments.[5]

The top three players in the 1987–88 rankings retained their positions for 1988–89.[6] Steve Davis was ranked first, with 59 points, ahead of Jimmy White with 44 and Neal Foulds with 34.[5] In fourth place, with 33 points, was Stephen Hendry, who rose from 23rd position on the previous year's list.[5] The other players to join the top 16 were Peter Francisco, John Virgo, and Cliff Wilson.[7]

The players dropping out of the top 16 were Alex Higgins, Rex Williams, Dean Reynolds and Doug Mountjoy.[7] It was first time since the rankings were instituted in 1976–77 that Higgins was not among the top 16.[7] In April 1987, he had been excluded from competing in the first two ranking tournaments of the 1987–88 season as part of a six-month ban imposed by the WPBSA, following a hearing conducted for the Association by Gavin Lightman, a barrister.[7][8][9] Higgins, who had previously been disciplined by the Association on several occasions, had earlier been found guilty in court of headbutting the tournament director at the 1986 UK Championship, and the hearing considered this and other matters including altercations with referees and a complaint by representatives of Cliff Thorburn that Higgins had alleged in newspaper articles that Thorburn used drugs.[8]

In May 1988, Thorburn had two ranking points deducted for "bringing the game into disrepute" due to failing a drugs test at the 1988 British Open. Thorburn had been found to have small traces of cocaine in his urine sample. Thorburn was also barred from the first two ranking events of the 1988–89 season as part of his punishment.[10][11] Without the deduction of the two points, Thorburn would have been ranked a place higher, at fifth.[5]

Of the players who had only been competing professionally for one season, Martin Clark was the highest-ranked, at 41st, with Gary Wilkinson at 44th the next-highest.[12] Alain Robidoux received two walkovers at the 1988 World Snooker Championship before losing in the third round and gained a ranking of 102nd without winning a match.[13][14][12]

Points tariff and basis of ranking

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Stephen Hendry playing snooker 
Stephen Hendry (pictured in 2010) won two ranking titles in the 1987–88 season.

The placings in the 1988–89 rankings were determined by players' performances in the ranking tournaments held across two seasons, from 1986 to 1988.[15] From the 1986–87 season they were the 1986 International Open won by Foulds; the 1986 Grand Prix and 1987 British Open both won by White; and the 1986 UK Championship, 1987 Classic and 1987 World Championship all won by Davis.[16]

In the 1987–88 season, Davis won four of the six ranking titles:[4] the 1987 International Open, 1987 UK Championship, 1988 Classic and the 1988 World Championship.[17] Hendry won the other two, the 1987 Grand Prix and the 1988 British Open.[18]

The rankings were based on a system of points described in the table below.[15] The ranking order was determined as follows:[15]

  • By number of ranking points.
  • If there was a tie on points, the player who earned more points in the most recent season was given the higher ranking.
  • If there was still a tie, the player with more "Merit" points" was given the higher ranking.
  • If there was still a tie, the player who earned more "Merit" points in the most recent season was given the higher ranking.
  • If there was still a tie, the player who earned more "Merit" points in the most preceding season was given the higher ranking.
  • If there was still a tie, the player with more "A" points" was given the higher ranking.
  • If there was still a tie, the player with more frames won was given the higher ranking.
  • If there was still a tie, the player with the better performance in the previous World Championship was given the higher ranking.
  • If there was still a tie, the player with the better performance in the previous ranking tournament was given the higher ranking, going back through ranking events until the positions could be established.
Points tariff contributing to the Snooker world rankings 1988–89[19][15]
Placing 1987 and 1988 world championships Other ranking tournaments 1986–87 and 1987–88
Champion 10 6
Runner-up 8 5
Losing semi-finalist 6 4
Losing Quarter-finalist 4 3
Last 16 Loser 2 2
Last 32 Loser 1 ranking point or 2 merit points[a] 1
Final qualifying round loser 2 merit points 1 merit point
Penultimate qualifying round loser 1 merit point 1 A point
Antepenultimate qualifying round loser 1 A point Frames won counted
Preliminary round loser Frames won counted –

Rankings

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"(NT)" denotes a "non-tournament" player, i.e. a player who was permitted to enter the world championship but no other tournaments.[20] A "–" denotes that the player did not compete in the tournament.[20]

Snooker world rankings 1988–89[3][20][21]
Ranking Name 1986–87 season 1987–88 season Ranking points Merit A points Frames
IO GP UK Cl BO WC IO GP UK Cl BO WC
1   Steve Davis (ENG) 3 3 6 6 1 10 6 2 6 6 0 10 59 1 0 0
2   Jimmy White (ENG) 0 6 2 5 6 6 2 1 5 2 3 6 44 1 0 0
3   Neal Foulds (ENG) 6 4 5 0 5 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 34 3 0 0
4   Stephen Hendry (SCO) 1 3 0 4 0 4 4 6 0 3 6 2 33 2 1 0
5   Terry Griffiths (WAL) 2 2 2 3 2 4 1 2 3 3 1 8 33 0 0 0
6   Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 5 0 3 1 4 0 5 1 3 1 4 6 31[b] 3 0 0
7   John Parrott (ENG) 0 1 4 3 0 2 2 4 3 5 4 2 30 2 0 0
8   Tony Knowles (ENG) 2 3 3 0 4 0 2 3 2 4 1 4 28 3 0 0
9   Mike Hallett (ENG) 0 2 2 1 1 4 4 0 3 0 5 2 24 3 0 0
10   Dennis Taylor (NIR) 2 2 1 0 3 2 1 5 1 3 1 2 23 1 0 0
11   Joe Johnson (ENG) 1 0 1 1 2 8 0 1 4 1 2 2 23 2 0 0
12   Silvino Francisco (RSA) 3 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 22 2 0 0
13   Willie Thorne (ENG) 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 3 4 1 2 2 19 4 0 0
14   Peter Francisco (RSA) 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 18 3 0 0
15   John Virgo (ENG) 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 17 0 0 0
16   Cliff Wilson (WAL) 3 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 3 0 0
17   Alex Higgins (NIR) 1 2 4 1 0 2 – – 2 2 0 0 14 4 0 0
18   Rex Williams (ENG) 2 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 9 0 0
19   Eddie Charlton (AUS) 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 12 6 0 0
20   Tony Drago (MLT) 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 12 4 2 0
21   Eugene Hughes (IRL) 4 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 7 0 0
22   Dean Reynolds (ENG) 3 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 7 0 0
23   Dene O'Kane (NZL) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 3 0 11 1 6 0
24   Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 5 0 0
25   Steve Newbury (WAL) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 10 8 2 0
26   Barry West (ENG) 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 10 4 0 0
27   John Spencer (ENG) 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 10 8 0 0
28   David Taylor (ENG) 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 6 0 0
29   Bob Chaperon (CAN) 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 9 6 0 0
30   Steve Longworth (ENG) 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 5 0 0
31   Tony Meo (ENG) 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 8 0 0
32   Steve James (ENG) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 8 2 4 7
33   John Campbell (AUS) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 8 6 0 0
34   Wayne Jones (WAL) 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 5 2 0
35   Joe O'Boye (IRL) 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 7 2 0
36   Dave Martin (ENG) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 9 0 0
37   Kirk Stevens (CAN) 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 – 1 7 6 0 0
38   Jim Wych (CAN) 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 4 1 0
39   David Roe (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 6 3 5 0
40   Ray Reardon (WAL) 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 1 0
41   Martin Clark (ENG) – – – – – – 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 2 0 8
42   Tommy Murphy (NIR) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 8 2 0
43   Danny Fowler (ENG) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 7 3 0
44   Warren King (AUS) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 3 0
45   Gary Wilkinson (ENG) – – – – – – 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 9
46   Graham Cripsey (ENG) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 10 1 0
47   Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 8 1 0
48   Murdo MacLeod (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 11 0 0
49   Tony Jones (ENG) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 3 0
50   Steve Duggan (ENG) 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 0
51   Tony Chappel (WAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 11 1 0
52   Mark Bennett (WAL) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 2 12
53   Ken Owers (ENG) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 4 2
54   Paddy Browne (IRL) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 8 0
55   Ray Edmonds (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 6 0
56   Nigel Gilbert (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 6
57   Dave Gilbert (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 10
58   Mick Fisher (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 13
59   Pat Houlihan (ENG) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 16
60   Roger Bales (ENG) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
61   Jon Wright (ENG) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 2
62   Les Dodd (ENG) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 0
63   Marcel Gauvreau (CAN) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 6 0
64   Jack McLaughlin (NIR) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 0
65   Graham Miles (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 4 0
66   Robby Foldvari (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 0
67   Colin Roscoe (WAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 4 7
68   Paul Medati (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 7 0
69   Paul Gibson (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 10
70   Brian Rowswell (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 7 1
71   Vic Harris (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 10
72   Martin Smith (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 22
73   Jim Chambers (ENG) – – – – – – 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5
74   Jim Donnelly (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 15
75   Malcolm Bradley (ENG) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 5 0
76   Mark Wildman (ENG) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 0
77   Bob Harris (ENG) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 0
78   Geoff Foulds (ENG) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1
79   Robbie Grace (RSA) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 13
80   Anthony Kearney (IRL) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 10
81   John Rea (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 5
82   Mario Morra (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 10
83   Fred Davis (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 0
84   Bill Oliver (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 7
85   Eddie Sinclair (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 11
86   Jim Bear (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 2
87   Jimmy van Rensberg (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0
88   Matt Gibson (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 7
89   Ian Williamson (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 4
90   George Scott (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0
91   Gino Rigitano (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 11
92   John Dunning (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 12
93   Eric Lawlor (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 9
94   Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9
95   Glen Wilkinson (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10
96   Ian Black (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 7
97   Bernie Mikkelsen (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
98   Paul Watchorn (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 14
99   Jackie Rea (NIR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 16
100   Mike Darrington (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 24
101   Terry Whitthread (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19
102   Alain Robidoux (CAN) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
103   Patsy Fagan (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 10
104   Greg Jenkins (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13
105   Pascal Burke (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16
106   Frank Jonik (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20
107   Ian Anderson (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
108   Mike Watterson (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20
109   Jim Rempe (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
110   Billy Kelly (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 18
111   Dennis Hughes (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12
112   Dave Chalmers (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30
113   François Ellis (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19
114   Jack Fitzmaurice (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16
115   Dessie Sheehan (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 35
116   Anthony Harris (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9
117   Steve Meakin (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9
118   Jason Smith (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17
119   Robert Marshall (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
120   Clive Everton (WAL) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14
121   Derek Mienie (RSA) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19
122   John Hargreaves (ENG) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14
123   Derek Heaton (ENG) (NT) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
124   Paul Thornley (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
125   David Greaves (ENG) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28
126   Mike Hines (RSA) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
127   Maurice Parkin (ENG) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
128   Bert Demarco (SCO) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
129   Bernard Bennett (ENG) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
130   Joe Cagianello (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
131   Eddie McLaughlin (SCO) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
132   Steve Mizerak (USA) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
133   Gerry Watson (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
134   Paddy Morgan (AUS) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
135   James Giannaros (AUS) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
136   Lou Condo (AUS) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
137   Manuel Francisco (RSA) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
138   Wayne Sanderson (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preceded by
1987–88 		1988–89 Succeeded by
1989–90

Notes

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  1. ^ Players who qualified received a ranking point. Players exempted until this round received two merit points.[15]
  2. ^ Fined two points for failing a drugs test[20][22]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Morrison 1987, p. 107.
  2. ^ Everton 1986, p. 9.
  3. ^ a b "WPBSA world rankings". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. July 1986. pp. 16–17.
  4. ^ a b Acteson, Steve (19 April 1988). "Higgins slips off edge of the world". The Times. London. p. 47.
  5. ^ a b c d Smith 1988, pp. 20–29.
  6. ^ Hayton & Dee 2004, p. 120.
  7. ^ a b c d Smith 1988, pp. 24–25.
  8. ^ a b Friskin, Sydney (7 April 1987). "Higgins banned for six months and fined £12,000". The Times. p. 44.
  9. ^ Baksi, Catherine (6 August 2020). "Sir Gavin Lightman obituary". The Guardian.
  10. ^ Acteson, Steve (13 May 1988). "Thorburn sentence ridiculed as lenient". The Times. London. p. 44.
  11. ^ "Snooker: three players fail drugs tests but remain anonymous". The Independent. 10 April 1998. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  12. ^ a b Smith 1988, p. 25.
  13. ^ Everton, Clive (2 January 1988). "Canadian in by the back door". The Guardian. London. p. 20.
  14. ^ "Embassy world snooker: survival of the qualifiers". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. May 1988. pp. 8–13.
  15. ^ a b c d e Smith 1988, pp. 20–21.
  16. ^ Hale 1987, pp. 13–21.
  17. ^ Barnes, Simon (26 April 1988). "Why Davis is hooked on winning". The Times. London. p. 44.
  18. ^ Hayton & Dee 2004, pp. 41–46.
  19. ^ Hale, Janice (September 1985). "How the rankings work". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. p. 14.
  20. ^ a b c d "WPBSA world rankings". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1988. pp. 24–25.
  21. ^ Smith 1988, pp. 22–23.
  22. ^ Acteson, Steve (13 May 1988). "Thorburn sentence ridiculed as lenient". The Times. London. p. 44.

Books

  • Everton, Clive, ed. (1986). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Third ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. ISBN 978-0-86369-166-9.
  • Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-356-14690-4.
  • Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
  • Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker (Revised ed.). Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-600-55604-6.
  • Smith, Terry, ed. (1988). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Fifth ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. pp. 20–29. ISBN 978-0-7207-1830-0.
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