864 lines
103 KiB
HTML
864 lines
103 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
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<html>
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<head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
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<style type="text/css">
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<!--
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*, *:before, *:after {
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-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
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-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
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box-sizing: border-box;
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}
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h3.tighter {
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margin-top: 0px;
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}
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p.hang {
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padding-left: 25px;
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text-indent: -25px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 0px;
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}
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p.in1 {
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padding-left: 0px;
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}
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p.tightin1 {
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padding-left: 0px;
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margin-top: 2px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.halftightin1 {
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padding-left: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.hangingin1 {
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padding-left: 50px;
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text-indent: -50px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 1px;
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}
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p.in2 {
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padding-left: 25px;
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}
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p.tightin2 {
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padding-left: 25px;
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margin-top: 2px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.halftightin2 {
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padding-left: 25px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.hangingin2 {
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padding-left: 75px;
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text-indent: -50px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 1px;
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}
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p.in3 {
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padding-left: 50px;
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}
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p.tightin3 {
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padding-left: 50px;
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margin-top: 2px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.halftightin3 {
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padding-left: 50px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.hangingin3 {
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padding-left: 100px;
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text-indent: -50px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 1px;
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}
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p.in4 {
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padding-left: 75px;
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}
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p.tightin4 {
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padding-left: 75px;
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margin-top: 2px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.halftightin4 {
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padding-left: 75px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.hangingin4 {
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padding-left: 125px;
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text-indent: -50px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 1px;
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}
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p.in5 {
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padding-left: 100px;
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}
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p.tightin5 {
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padding-left: 100px;
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margin-top: 2px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.halftightin5 {
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padding-left: 100px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.hangingin5 {
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padding-left: 150px;
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text-indent: -50px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 1px;
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}
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p.in6 {
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padding-left: 125px;
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}
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p.tightin6 {
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padding-left: 125px;
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margin-top: 2px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.halftightin6 {
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padding-left: 125px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.hangingin6 {
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padding-left: 175px;
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text-indent: -50px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 1px;
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}
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p.in7 {
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padding-left: 150px;
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}
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p.tightin7 {
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padding-left: 150px;
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margin-top: 2px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.halftightin7 {
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padding-left: 150px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.hangingin7 {
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padding-left: 200px;
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text-indent: -50px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 1px;
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}
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p.in8 {
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padding-left: 175px;
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}
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p.tightin8 {
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padding-left: 175px;
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margin-top: 2px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.halftightin8 {
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padding-left: 175px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.hangingin8 {
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padding-left: 225px;
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text-indent: -50px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 1px;
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}
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p.in9 {
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padding-left: 200px;
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}
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p.tightin9 {
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padding-left: 200px;
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margin-top: 2px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.halftightin9 {
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padding-left: 200px;
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margin-bottom: 2px;
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}
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p.hangingin9 {
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padding-left: 250px;
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text-indent: -50px;
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margin-top: 0px;
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margin-bottom: 1px;
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}
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div.hr {
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border: 0;
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width: 100%;
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color: #707070;
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background-color: #707070;
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height: 5px;
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}
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.headingbox {
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position: relative;
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height: 56px;
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padding: 0px;
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white-space:nowrap;
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background: #eeeeee; /* grey */
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font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
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-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
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}
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.headingboxhigh {
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position: relative;
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height: 117px;
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padding: 0px;
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white-space:nowrap;
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background: #eeeeee; /* grey */
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font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
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-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
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}
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.headingboxSucceeded {
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position: relative;
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height: 56px;
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padding: 0px;
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white-space:nowrap;
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background: #E6FFE6; /* green */
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font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
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-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
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}
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.headingboxFailed {
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position: relative;
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height: 56px;
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padding: 0px;
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white-space:nowrap;
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background: #f69Ca6; /* red */
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font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
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-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
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}
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.headingtext {
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position: absolute;
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top: -4px;
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left: -1px;
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width: 100%;
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color: #222222;
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padding: 14px 10px 0px 10px;
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font-size: 20px;
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font-weight: bold;
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}
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.headingrubric {
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position: absolute;
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top: 36px;
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width: 100%;
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color: #222222;
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padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
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font-size: 11px;
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font-weight: bold;
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}
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-->
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</style>
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<script type="text/javascript">
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function project() {
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if ("Project" in window) return window.Project;
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return external.Project;
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}
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function showExtra(id, imid) {
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if (document.getElementById(id).style.display == 'block') {
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document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'none';
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document.getElementById(imid).src = 'inform:/doc_images/extra.png';
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} else {
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document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'block';
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document.getElementById(imid).src = 'inform:/doc_images/extraclose.png';
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}
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}
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function showBasic(id) {
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if (document.getElementById(id).style.display == '') {
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document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'none';
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} else {
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document.getElementById(id).style.display = '';
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}
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}
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function showResp(id, imid) {
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if (document.getElementById(id)) {
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if (document.getElementById(id).style.display == 'block') {
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document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'none';
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document.getElementById(imid).src = 'inform:/doc_images/responses.png';
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} else {
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document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'block';
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document.getElementById(imid).src = 'inform:/doc_images/responsesclose.png';
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}
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}
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}
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function showAllResp() {
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for (var i=0;i<376;i++) {
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showResp('extra'+(1000000+i), 'plus'+(1000000+i));
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}
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}
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</script>
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<style type="text/css" media="screen, print">
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p {
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font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
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}
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.box a:link { text-decoration: none; }
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.box a:visited { text-decoration: none; }
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.box a:active { text-decoration: none; }
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.box a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #444444; }
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.smallbox a:link { text-decoration: none; }
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.smallbox a:visited { text-decoration: none; }
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.smallbox a:active { text-decoration: none; }
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.smallbox a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #444444; }
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.symbol {
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position: absolute;
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top: -4px;
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left: -1px;
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width: 100%;
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color: #ffffff;
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padding: 14px 0px 14px 1px;
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font-size: 20px;
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font-weight: bold;
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text-align: center;
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}
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.indexno {
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position: absolute;
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top: 1px;
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left: 3px;
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color: #ffffff;
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font-size: 7pt;
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text-align: left;
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}
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.rubric {
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position: absolute;
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top: 35px;
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width: 100%;
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color: #ffffff;
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font-size: 9px;
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font-weight: bold;
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text-align: center;
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}
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.box {
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position: relative;
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height: 56px;
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width: 56px;
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padding: 0px;
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font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
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-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
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}
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.sidebar {
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height: 56px;
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width: 16px;
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background: #888;
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font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
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-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
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}
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.sidebar:hover { background: #222; }
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.smallbox {
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position: relative;
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height: 40px;
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width: 40px;
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padding: 0px;
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font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
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-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
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}
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#box1_1 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#minibox1_1 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#box1_2 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#minibox1_2 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#box1_3 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#minibox1_3 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#box1_4 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#minibox1_4 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#box1_5 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#minibox1_5 {
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background: #cf0a38;
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}
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#box2_1 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#minibox2_1 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#box2_2 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#minibox2_2 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#box2_3 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#minibox2_3 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#box2_4 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#minibox2_4 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#box2_5 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#minibox2_5 {
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background: #ea5b1f;
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}
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#box3_1 {
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background: #e9cf08;
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}
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#minibox3_1 {
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background: #e9cf08;
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}
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#box3_2 {
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background: #e9cf08;
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}
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#minibox3_2 {
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background: #e9cf08;
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}
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#box3_3 {
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background: #e9cf08;
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}
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#minibox3_3 {
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background: #e9cf08;
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}
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#box4_1 {
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background: #52992f;
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}
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#minibox4_1 {
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background: #52992f;
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}
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#box4_2 {
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background: #52992f;
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}
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#minibox4_2 {
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background: #52992f;
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}
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#box4_3 {
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background: #52992f;
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}
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#minibox4_3 {
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background: #52992f;
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}
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#box4_4 {
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background: #52992f;
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}
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#minibox4_4 {
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background: #52992f;
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}
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#box5_1 {
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background: #1d31b4;
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}
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#minibox5_1 {
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background: #1d31b4;
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}
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#box5_2 {
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background: #1d31b4;
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}
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#minibox5_2 {
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background: #1d31b4;
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}
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#box6_1 {
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background: #001860;
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}
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#minibox6_1 {
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background: #001860;
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}
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#box6_2 {
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background: #001860;
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}
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#minibox6_2 {
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background: #001860;
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}
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#box6_3 {
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background: #001860;
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}
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#minibox6_3 {
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background: #001860;
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}
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#box7_1 {
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background: #8b58bf;
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}
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#minibox7_1 {
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background: #8b58bf;
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}
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#box7_2 {
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background: #8b58bf;
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}
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#minibox7_2 {
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background: #8b58bf;
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}
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#box8_1 {
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background: #111111;
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}
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#minibox8_1 {
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background: #111111;
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}
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ul.leaders {
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padding: 0;
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margin-top: 1px;
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margin-bottom: 0;
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overflow-x: hidden;
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list-style: none}
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ul.leaders li.leaded:before {
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float: left;
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width: 0;
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white-space: nowrap;
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content:
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "}
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ul.leaders li.leaded span:first-child {
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padding-right: 0.33em;
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background: white}
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ul.leaders li.leaded span + span {
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float: right;
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padding-left: 0.33em;
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background: white}
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li.indent1 span:first-child {
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padding-left: 25px;
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}
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li.indent2 span:first-child {
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padding-left: 50px;
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}
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li.indent3 span:first-child {
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padding-left: 75px;
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}
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li.indent4 span:first-child {
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padding-left: 100px;
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}
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li.indent5 span:first-child {
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padding-left: 125px;
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}
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li.indent6 span:first-child {
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padding-left: 150px;
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}
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li.indent7 span:first-child {
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padding-left: 175px;
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}
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li.indent8 span:first-child {
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padding-left: 200px;
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}
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li.indent9 span:first-child {
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padding-left: 225px;
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}
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li.unleaded:before {
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content: "";
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<p></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width=100%><tr bgcolor="#888"><td height="1" colspan="5" cellpadding="0"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><b>basic kinds</b> </font></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>default value</i> <a href="#" onClick="showBasic('default');"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a> </font></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>repeat</i> <a href="#" onClick="showBasic('repeat');"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a> </font></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>props</i> <a href="#" onClick="showBasic('props');"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a> </font></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>under</i> <a href="#" onClick="showBasic('under');"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#888"><td height="1" colspan="5" cellpadding="0"></td></tr><tr style="display:none" id="default"><td colspan="5">The <b>default value</b> is used when we make something like a variable but don't tell Inform what its value is. For instance, if we write 'Zero hour is a time that varies', but don't tell Inform anything specific like 'Zero hour is 11:21 PM.', then Inform uses the value in the table above to decide what it will be. The same applies if we create a property (for instance, 'A person has a number called lucky number.'). Kinds of value not included in the table cannot be used in variables and properties.<hr></td></tr><tr style="display:none" id="repeat"><td colspan="5">A tick for <b>repeat</b> means that it's possible to repeat through values of this kind. For instance, 'repeat with T running through times:' is allowed, but 'repeat with N running through numbers:' is not - there are too many numbers for this to make sense. A tick here also means it's possible to form lists such as 'list of rulebooks', or to count the 'number of scenes'.<hr></td></tr><tr style="display:none" id="props"><td colspan="5">A tick for <b>props</b> means that values of this kind can have properties. For instance, 'A scene can be thrilling or dull.' makes an either/or property of a scene, but 'A number can be nice or nasty.' is not allowed because it would cost too much storage space. (Of course 'Definition:' can always be used to make adjectives applying to numbers; it's only properties which have storage worries.)<hr></td></tr><tr style="display:none" id="under"><td colspan="5">A tick for <b>under</b> means that it's possible to understand values of this kind. For instance, 'Understand "award [number]" as awarding.' might be allowed, if awarding were an action applying to a number, but 'Understand "run [rule]" as rule-running.' is not allowed - there are so many rules with such long names that Inform doesn't add them to its vocabulary during play.<hr></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>object [32] <a href=#A8><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>north </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin2">room [5] <a href=inform:/doc27.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#K1_room><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>Living Room </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin2">thing [15] <a href=#K2_thing><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>yourself </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin3"><font color="#808080">door</font> <a href=inform:/doc37.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#K4_door><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><font color="#808080">nothing</font> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin3"><font color="#808080">container</font> <a href=#K5_container><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><font color="#808080">nothing</font> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin4"><font color="#808080">vehicle</font> <a href=inform:/doc41.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#K14_vehicle><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><font color="#808080">nothing</font> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin4"><font color="#808080">player's holdall</font> <a href=inform:/doc46.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#K15_player_s_holdall><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><font color="#808080">nothing</font> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin3">supporter [3] <a href=#K6_supporter><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>carpet </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin3"><font color="#808080">backdrop</font> <a href=inform:/doc34.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#K7_backdrop><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><font color="#808080">nothing</font> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin3">person [2] <a href=inform:/doc42.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#K8_person><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>yourself </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><p class="tightin4"><font color="#808080">man</font> <a href=#K10_man><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><font color="#808080">nothing</font> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img 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</font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>time <a href="Kinds.html?segment2"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/calc1.png></a> <a href=inform:/doc140.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A40><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>9:00 AM </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>truth state <a href=inform:/doc163.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A11><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>false </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>text <a href=#A12><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>"" </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>unicode character <a href=#A13><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>unicode 32 (<i>a space</i>) </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>snippet <a href=inform:/doc319.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A17><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>word 1 of command</i> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>action <a href=inform:/doc196.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A38><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>waiting </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>scene <a href=inform:/doc150.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> [3] <a href=#A41><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>Entire Game </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>command parser error [25] <a href=#A61><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>didn't understand error </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>verbosity <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Emily%20Short/Basic%20Help%20Menu.html' title="Basic Help Menu by Emily Short" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a> [3] <a href=#A66><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>brief </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>use option <a href=#A14><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>the ineffectual option </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>response <a href=#A15><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>? </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>verb <a href=inform:/doc222.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A16><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>verb be </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>table name <a href=inform:/doc260.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A18><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>a table with no rows or columns</i> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>equation name <a href=#A19><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>an equation doing nothing</i> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>rulebook outcome <a href=#A20><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>allow access </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>action name <a href=inform:/doc98.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A39><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>waiting action </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="cross" src=inform:/doc_images/cross.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>figure name <a href=inform:/doc376.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> [1] <a href=#A42><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>Figure of cover </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><font color="#808080">sound name <a href=inform:/doc379.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A43><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a></font> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><font color="#808080"><i>a silent non-sound</i></font> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><font color="#808080">external file <a href=inform:/doc384.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A44><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a></font> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><font color="#808080"><i>a non-file</i></font> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/greytick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#888"><td height="1" colspan="5" cellpadding="0"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>natural language [6] <a href=#A60><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>Swedish language </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>grammatical tense <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a> [5] <a href=#A62><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>present tense </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>narrative viewpoint <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a> [6] <a href=#A63><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>first person singular </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>grammatical case <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a> [2] <a href=#A64><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>nominative </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>grammatical gender <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a> [3] <a href=#A65><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>neuter gender </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png> </font></td><td align="center" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 alt="tick" src=inform:/doc_images/tick.png></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#888"><td height="1" colspan="5" cellpadding="0"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><b>making new kinds from old</b> </font></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>default value</i> <a href="#" onClick="showBasic('default');"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a> </font></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i></i> </font></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i></i> </font></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i></i> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#888"><td height="1" colspan="5" cellpadding="0"></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>phrase K -> L <a href=#A25><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font size=2><i>always the default value of L</i></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><font color="#808080"></font>relation<font color="#808080"> of K</font> <a href=#A28><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font size=2><i>a relation never holding</i></font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><font color="#808080">K based</font> rule<font color="#808080"> producing L</font> <a href=inform:/doc327.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A29><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font size=2>the little-used do nothing rule</font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><font color="#808080">K based</font> rulebook<font color="#808080"> producing L</font> <a href=inform:/doc327.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A30><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font size=2>the action-processing rules</font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><font color="#808080"></font>activity<font color="#808080"> on K</font> <a href=inform:/doc287.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A31><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font size=2>printing the name</font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>list of K <a href=inform:/doc352.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A32><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font size=2>{ }</font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2>description of K <a href=inform:/doc364.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> <a href=#A33><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font size=2><i>matching nothing</i></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0ff"><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><font color="#808080">K valued</font> property<font color="#808080"></font> <a href=#A34><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font size=2>--</font></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap;" align="left" valign="top" height="20"><font size=2><font color="#808080">K valued</font> table<font color="#808080"></font> column<font color="#808080"></font> <a href=#A35><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font size=2>--</font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#888"><td height="1" colspan="5" cellpadding="0"></td></tr></table><p class="halftightin1"><a name=A8></a><b>object</b> (<i>plural</i> objects)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>Objects are values intended to simulate physical things: places, people, things, and so on. They come in many kinds. The special value 'nothing' is also allowed, and can be used to mean 'no object at all'.<br>
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<i>Usually</i> singular-named <i>not</i> plural-named, improper-named <i>not</i> proper-named.<br><i>Usually not</i> ambiguously plural.<br><i>Can have</i> list grouping key (<i>text</i>), printed name (<i>text</i>), printed plural name (<i>text</i>), indefinite article (<i>text</i>).<br></p>
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<p class="halftightin2"><a name=K1_room></a><b>room</b> (<i>plural</i> rooms) <a href=inform:/doc27.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p>
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<p class="tightin2">Represents geographical locations, both indoor
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and outdoor, which are not necessarily areas in a building. A player in one
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room is mostly unable to sense, or interact with, anything in a different room.
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Rooms are arranged in a map.<br><i>Usually</i> lighted <i>not</i> dark, unvisited <i>not</i> visited.<br><i>Can have</i> description (<i>text</i>), map region (<i>object</i>).<br></p><p class="tightin2"><font color="#808080">Living Room</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line44"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">Kitchen</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line68"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">Bedroom</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line70"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">Study</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line72"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">Bathroom</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line74"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p><p class="halftightin2"><a name=K2_thing></a><b>thing</b> (<i>plural</i> things)</p>
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<p class="tightin2">Represents anything interactive in the model
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world that is not a room. People, pieces of scenery, furniture, doors and
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mislaid umbrellas might all be examples, and so might more surprising things
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like the sound of birdsong or a shaft of sunlight.<br><i>Usually</i> unlit <i>not</i> lit, inedible <i>not</i> edible, portable <i>not</i> fixed in place, described <i>not</i> undescribed, unmarked for listing <i>not</i> marked for listing, mentioned <i>not</i> unmentioned.<br><i>Usually not</i> scenery, wearable, pushable between rooms, handled.<br><i>Can have</i> description (<i>text</i>), initial appearance (<i>text</i>), matching key (<i>object</i>), disambiguation id (<i>number</i>).<br></p><p class="tightin2"><a href="#" onclick="showExtra('extra0', 'plus0'); return false;"><img border=0 id="plus0" src=inform:/doc_images/extra.png></a> <font color="#808080">15 things</font></p><div id="extra0" style="display: none;"><p class="in3"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color: #e0e0e0"><tr><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/tl_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td><td></td><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/tr_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td></tr><tr><td width="8"></td><td><font size=2><font color="#808080">yourself</font>, <font color="#808080">lesbian pride flag</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line50"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">large bin</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line52"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">switch pro controller</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">third party switch controller</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">power board</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">mess of cables</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">carpet</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">sofa</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">entertainment unit</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">TV</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">Nintendo Switch</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">NUC</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">PS2</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">Petra</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line66"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></font></td><td width="8"></td></tr><tr><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/bl_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td><td></td><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/br_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td></tr></table></div>
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<p class="halftightin3"><a name=K4_door></a><b>door</b> (<i>plural</i> doors) <a href=inform:/doc37.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p>
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<p class="tightin3">Represents a conduit joining two rooms, most
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often a door or gate but sometimes a plank bridge, a slide or a hatchway.
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Usually visible and operable from both sides (for instance if you write
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'The blue door is east of the Ballroom and west of the Garden.'), but
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sometimes only one-way (for instance if you write 'East of the Ballroom is
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the long slide. Through the long slide is the cellar.').<br><i>Always</i> fixed in place <i>not</i> portable.<br><i>Usually</i> closed <i>not</i> open, openable <i>not</i> unopenable, unlocked <i>not</i> locked.<br><i>Usually not</i> lockable.<br><i>Never</i> pushable between rooms.<br><i>Can have</i> other side (<i>object</i>).<br></p><p class="tightin3"></p><p class="halftightin3"><a name=K5_container></a><b>container</b> (<i>plural</i> containers)</p>
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<p class="tightin3">Represents something into which portable
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things can be put, such as a teachest or a handbag. Something with a really
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large immobile interior, such as the Albert Hall, had better be a room
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instead.<br><i>Usually</i> opaque <i>not</i> transparent, open <i>not</i> closed, unopenable <i>not</i> openable, unlocked <i>not</i> locked.<br><i>Usually not</i> enterable, lockable.<br><i>Can have</i> carrying capacity (<i>number</i>).<br></p><p class="tightin3"></p><p class="halftightin4"><a name=K14_vehicle></a><b>vehicle</b> (<i>plural</i> vehicles) <a href=inform:/doc41.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p>
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<p class="tightin4">Represents a container large enough for
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a person to enter, and which can then move between rooms at the driver's
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instruction. (If a supporter is needed instead, try the extension
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Rideable Vehicles by Graham Nelson.)<br><i>Always</i> enterable.<br><i>Usually</i> fixed in place <i>not</i> portable.<br></p><p class="tightin4"></p><p class="halftightin4"><a name=K15_player_s_holdall></a><b>player's holdall</b> (<i>plural</i> player's holdalls) <a href=inform:/doc46.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p>
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<p class="tightin4">Represents a container which the
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player can carry around as a sort of rucksack, into which spare items are
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automatically stowed away.<br><i>Always</i> portable <i>not</i> fixed in place.<br><i>Usually</i> openable <i>not</i> unopenable.<br></p><p class="tightin4"></p><p class="halftightin3"><a name=K6_supporter></a><b>supporter</b> (<i>plural</i> supporters)</p>
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<p class="tightin3">Represents a surface on which things can be
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placed, such as a table.<br><i>Usually</i> fixed in place <i>not</i> portable.<br><i>Usually not</i> enterable.<br><i>Can have</i> carrying capacity (<i>number</i>).<br></p><p class="tightin3"><font color="#808080">carpet</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">sofa</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">entertainment unit</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line54"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p><p class="halftightin3"><a name=K7_backdrop></a><b>backdrop</b> (<i>plural</i> backdrops) <a href=inform:/doc34.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p>
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<p class="tightin3">Represents an aspect of the landscape
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or architecture which extends across more than one room: for instance,
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a stream, the sky or a long carpet.<br><i>Always</i> fixed in place <i>not</i> portable.<br><i>Usually</i> scenery.<br><i>Never</i> pushable between rooms.<br></p><p class="tightin3"></p><p class="halftightin3"><a name=K8_person></a><b>person</b> (<i>plural</i> people) <a href=inform:/doc42.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p>
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<p class="tightin3">Despite the name, not necessarily
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a human being, but anything animate enough to envisage having a
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conversation with, or bartering with.<br><i>Usually</i> male <i>not</i> female.<br><i>Usually not</i> neuter.<br><i>Can have</i> carrying capacity (<i>number</i>).<br></p><p class="tightin3"><font color="#808080">yourself</font>, <font color="#808080">Petra</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line66"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p><p class="halftightin4"><a name=K10_man></a><b>man</b> (<i>plural</i> men)</p>
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<p class="tightin4">Represents a man or boy.<br><i>Always</i> male <i>not</i> female.<br><i>Never</i> neuter.<br></p><p class="tightin4"></p><p class="halftightin4"><a name=K11_woman></a><b>woman</b> (<i>plural</i> women)</p>
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<p class="tightin4">Represents a woman or girl.<br><i>Always</i> female <i>not</i> male.<br><i>Never</i> neuter.<br></p><p class="tightin4"><font color="#808080">Petra</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line66"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p><p class="halftightin4"><a name=K12_animal></a><b>animal</b> (<i>plural</i> animals)</p>
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<p class="tightin4">Represents an animal, or at any rate a
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non-human living creature reasonably large and possible to interact with: a
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giant Venus fly-trap might qualify, but not a patch of lichen.<br></p><p class="tightin4"></p><p class="halftightin3"><a name=K13_device></a><b>device</b> (<i>plural</i> devices) <a href=inform:/doc39.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p>
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<p class="tightin3">Represents a machine or contrivance of some
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kind which can be switched on or off.<br><i>Usually</i> switched off <i>not</i> switched on.<br></p><p class="tightin3"></p><p class="halftightin2"><a name=K3_direction></a><b>direction</b> (<i>plural</i> directions) <a href=inform:/doc51.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p>
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<p class="tightin2">Represents a direction of movement, such
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as northeast or down. They always occur in opposite, matched pairs: northeast
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and southwest, for instance; down and up.<br><i>Usually</i> unmarked for listing <i>not</i> marked for listing.<br><i>Can have</i> opposite (<i>direction</i>).<br></p><p class="tightin2"><a href="#" onclick="showExtra('extra1', 'plus1'); return false;"><img border=0 id="plus1" src=inform:/doc_images/extra.png></a> <font color="#808080">12 directions</font></p><div id="extra1" style="display: none;"><p class="in3"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color: #e0e0e0"><tr><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/tl_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td><td></td><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/tr_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td></tr><tr><td width="8"></td><td><font size=2><font color="#808080">north</font>, <font color="#808080">northeast</font>, <font color="#808080">northwest</font>, <font color="#808080">south</font>, <font color="#808080">southeast</font>, <font color="#808080">southwest</font>, <font color="#808080">east</font>, <font color="#808080">west</font>, <font color="#808080">up</font>, <font color="#808080">down</font>, <font color="#808080">inside</font>, <font color="#808080">outside</font></font></td><td width="8"></td></tr><tr><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/bl_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td><td></td><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/br_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td></tr></table></div>
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<p class="halftightin2"><a name=K9_region></a><b>region</b> (<i>plural</i> regions) <a href=inform:/doc29.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p>
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<p class="tightin2">Represents a broader area than a single
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room, and allows rules to apply to a whole geographical territory. Each
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region can contain many rooms, and regions can even be inside each other,
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though they cannot otherwise overlap. For instance, the room Place d'Italie
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might be inside the region 13th Arrondissement, which in turn is inside
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the region Paris. Regions are useful mainly when the world is a large one,
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and are optional.<br></p><p class="tightin2"></p><hr><p class="halftightin1"><a name=A9></a><b>number</b> (<i>plural</i> numbers) <a href=inform:/doc227.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, arithmetic value, sayable value<br>Whole number in the range -32768, -32767, ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 32767: small numbers can be written textually as 'one', 'two', 'three', ..., 'ten', 'eleven', 'twelve'. (A much larger number range is allowed if we compile the source to Glulx rather than the Z-machine: see the Settings panel.)<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A10></a><b>real number</b> (<i>plural</i> real numbers) <a href=inform:/doc227.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, arithmetic value, real arithmetic value, sayable value<br>A real, or 'floating-point' number: the difference between this and ordinary "number" is that real numbers can hold values like 3.141, which aren't whole numbers, and can also hold very large or very small quantities in an approximate way. (Use of real numbers is only allowed if we compile the source to Glulx rather than the Z-machine: see the Settings panel.)<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A40></a><b>time</b> (<i>plural</i> times) <a href=inform:/doc140.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, arithmetic value, sayable value<br>A time of day, written in the form '2:34 AM' or '12:51 PM', or a length of time such as '10 minutes' or '3 hours 31 minutes', which must be between 0 minutes and 23 hours 59 minutes inclusive.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A11></a><b>truth state</b> (<i>plural</i> truth states) <a href=inform:/doc163.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>The state of whether something is 'true' or 'false'. (In other computing languages, this might be called 'boolean', after the 19th-century logician George Boole, who first realised this was a kind of value.)<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A12></a><b>text</b> (<i>plural</i> texts)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>Some text in double quotation marks, perhaps with substitutions written in square brackets.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A13></a><b>unicode character</b> (<i>plural</i> unicode characters)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>A single character - a letter or item of punctuation.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A17></a><b>snippet</b> (<i>plural</i> snippets) <a href=inform:/doc319.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>A fragment of the player's most recent typed command, taking in a run of consecutive words.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A38></a><b>action</b> (<i>plural</i> actions) <a href=inform:/doc196.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>A stored action, which can later be tried.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A41></a><b>scene</b> (<i>plural</i> scenes) <a href=inform:/doc150.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br>Like a scene in a play: a period of time which is usually tied to events in the plot. Scenes are created by sentences like 'Midnight Arrival is a scene.'<br>
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<i>Usually</i> non-recurring <i>not</i> recurring.<br><i>Can have</i> description (<i>text</i>).<br></p><p class="tightin1"><font color="#808080">Entire Game</font>, <font color="#808080">Normalcy</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line18"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a>, <font color="#808080">First Kook</font> <a href="source:story.ni#line20"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A61></a><b>command parser error</b> (<i>plural</i> command parser errors)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br></p><p class="tightin1"><a href="#" onclick="showExtra('extra2', 'plus2'); return false;"><img border=0 id="plus2" src=inform:/doc_images/extra.png></a> <font color="#808080">25 command parser errors</font></p><div id="extra2" style="display: none;"><p class="in2"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color: #e0e0e0"><tr><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/tl_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td><td></td><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/tr_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td></tr><tr><td width="8"></td><td><font size=2><font color="#808080">didn't understand error</font>, <font color="#808080">only understood as far as error</font>, <font color="#808080">didn't understand that number error</font>, <font color="#808080">can only do that to something animate error</font>, <font color="#808080">can't see any such thing error</font>, <font color="#808080">said too little error</font>, <font color="#808080">aren't holding that error</font>, <font color="#808080">can't use multiple objects error</font>, <font color="#808080">can only use multiple objects error</font>, <font color="#808080">not sure what it refers to error</font>, <font color="#808080">excepted something not included error</font>, <font color="#808080">not a verb I recognise error</font>, <font color="#808080">not something you need to refer to error</font>, <font color="#808080">can't see it at the moment error</font>, <font color="#808080">didn't understand the way that finished error</font>, <font color="#808080">not enough of those available error</font>, <font color="#808080">nothing to do error</font>, <font color="#808080">noun did not make sense in that context error</font>, <font color="#808080">referred to a determination of scope error</font>, <font color="#808080">I beg your pardon error</font>, <font color="#808080">can't again the addressee error</font>, <font color="#808080">comma can't begin error</font>, <font color="#808080">can't see whom to talk to error</font>, <font color="#808080">can't talk to inanimate things error</font>, <font color="#808080">didn't understand addressee's last name error</font></font></td><td width="8"></td></tr><tr><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/bl_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td><td></td><td width="8"><img src="inform:/bg_images/br_corner_e0e0e0.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="..." /></td></tr></table></div>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A66></a><b>verbosity <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Emily%20Short/Basic%20Help%20Menu.html' title="Basic Help Menu by Emily Short" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></b> (<i>plural</i> verbosities)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br></p><p class="tightin1"><font color="#808080">brief</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Emily%20Short/Basic%20Help%20Menu.html' title="Basic Help Menu by Emily Short" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">verbose</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Emily%20Short/Basic%20Help%20Menu.html' title="Basic Help Menu by Emily Short" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">superbrief</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Emily%20Short/Basic%20Help%20Menu.html' title="Basic Help Menu by Emily Short" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></p></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A14></a><b>use option</b> (<i>plural</i> use options)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>One of the optional ways to configure Inform, such as the 'authorial modesty option'.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A15></a><b>response</b> (<i>plural</i> responses)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>One of the standard responses issued by the Standard Rules or other extensions.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A16></a><b>verb</b> (<i>plural</i> verbs) <a href=inform:/doc222.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>One of the verbs which Inform knows how to conjugate.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A18></a><b>table name</b> (<i>plural</i> table names) <a href=inform:/doc260.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>Like tables of information in a book or newspaper, tables in Inform hold values which have been organised into rows and columns. A table name is just a single value, identifying which table is meant - say, 'Table of US Presidents' might be a table name value.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A19></a><b>equation name</b> (<i>plural</i> equation names)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value<br>Like formulae in a textbook or a scientific paper, equations in Inform are written out in displayed form and given names.<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A20></a><b>rulebook outcome</b> (<i>plural</i> rulebook outcomes)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A39></a><b>action name</b> (<i>plural</i> action names) <a href=inform:/doc98.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>An action is what happens when one of the people in the simulated world decides to do something. A full action would be something like 'dropping the box', but an action name is just the choice of which sort of thing is being done: here, it's 'the dropping action'. (Action names are always written with the word 'action' at the end, to make sure they aren't mistaken for full actions.)<br>
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</p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A42></a><b>figure name</b> (<i>plural</i> figure names) <a href=inform:/doc376.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br>When made with the Glulx setting, an Inform project can include images as well as words, and these are called figures. A figure name is just the name of one of the figures in the current project.<br>
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</p><p class="tightin1"><font color="#808080">Figure of cover</font></p></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A43></a><b>sound name</b> (<i>plural</i> sound names) <a href=inform:/doc379.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br>When made with the Glulx setting, an Inform project can include sound effects or pieces of music. A sound name is just the name of one of these sounds in the current project.<br>
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</p><p class="tightin1"></p></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A44></a><b>external file</b> (<i>plural</i> external files) <a href=inform:/doc384.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br>When made with the Glulx setting, an Inform project can make limited use of files stored on the computer which is operating the story at run-time. An external-file is just the name of one of these files (not the filename in the usual sense, but a name given to it in the Inform source text).<br>
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<hr><p class="halftightin1"><a name=A60></a><b>natural language</b> (<i>plural</i> natural languages)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br></p><p class="tightin1"><font color="#808080">Swedish language</font>, <font color="#808080">Spanish language</font>, <font color="#808080">French language</font>, <font color="#808080">German language</font>, <font color="#808080">English language</font>, <font color="#808080">Italian language</font></p></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A62></a><b>grammatical tense <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></b> (<i>plural</i> grammatical tenses)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br></p><p class="tightin1"><font color="#808080">present tense</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">past tense</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">perfect tense</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">past perfect tense</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">future tense</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></p></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A63></a><b>narrative viewpoint <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></b> (<i>plural</i> narrative viewpoints)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br></p><p class="tightin1"><font color="#808080">first person singular</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">second person singular</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">third person singular</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">first person plural</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">second person plural</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">third person plural</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></p></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A64></a><b>grammatical case <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></b> (<i>plural</i> grammatical cases)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br></p><p class="tightin1"><font color="#808080">nominative</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">accusative</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></p></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A65></a><b>grammatical gender <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></b> (<i>plural</i> grammatical genders)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, enumerated value, sayable value<br></p><p class="tightin1"><font color="#808080">neuter gender</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">masculine gender</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a>, <font color="#808080">feminine gender</font> <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a></p></p>
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<hr><p class="halftightin1"><a name=A25></a><b>phrase K -> L</b> (<i>plural</i> phrases K -> L)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>contravariant in K, covariant in L <a href=#contra><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></i></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A28></a><b><font color="#808080"></font>relation<font color="#808080"> of K</font></b> (<i>plural</i> <font color="#808080"></font>relations<font color="#808080"> of K</font>)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>covariant <a href=#contra><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></i></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A29></a><b><font color="#808080">K based</font> rule<font color="#808080"> producing L</font></b> (<i>plural</i> <font color="#808080">K based</font> rules<font color="#808080"> producing L</font>) <a href=inform:/doc327.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>contravariant in K, covariant in L <a href=#contra><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></i></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>One of many, many rules which determine what happens during play. Rules can be triggered by scenes beginning or ending, by certain actions, at certain times, or in the course of carrying out certain activities.<br>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A30></a><b><font color="#808080">K based</font> rulebook<font color="#808080"> producing L</font></b> (<i>plural</i> <font color="#808080">K based</font> rulebooks<font color="#808080"> producing L</font>) <a href=inform:/doc327.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>contravariant in K, covariant in L <a href=#contra><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></i></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value, sayable value<br>A list of rules to follow, in sequence, to get something done. A rulebook is like a ring-binder, with the individual rules as sheets of paper. Inform normally sorts these into their 'natural' order, with the most specific rules first, but it's easy to shuffle the pages if you need to. When some task is carried out during play, Inform is normally working through a rulebook, turning the pages one by one.<br>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A31></a><b><font color="#808080"></font>activity<font color="#808080"> on K</font></b> (<i>plural</i> <font color="#808080"></font>activities<font color="#808080"> on K</font>) <a href=inform:/doc287.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>contravariant <a href=#contra><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></i></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value<br>An activity is something which Inform does as part of the mechanics of play - for instance, printing the name of an object, which Inform often has to do. An activity can happen by itself ('printing the banner text', for instance) or can be applied to an object ('printing the name of something', say).<br>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A32></a><b>list of K</b> (<i>plural</i> lists of K) <a href=inform:/doc352.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>covariant <a href=#contra><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></i></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value<br>A flexible-length list of values, where all of the items have to have the same kind of value as each other - for instance, a list of rooms, or a list of lists of numbers. The empty list, with no items yet, is written { }, and a list with items in is written with commas dividing them - say {2, 5, 9}.<br>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A33></a><b>description of K</b> (<i>plural</i> descriptions of K) <a href=inform:/doc364.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><p class="tightin1"><i>covariant <a href=#contra><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></i></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value<br>A description of a set of values, where all of the items have to have the same kind of value as each other - for instance, 'even numbers' or 'open doors which are in lighted rooms'.<br>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A34></a><b><font color="#808080">K valued</font> property<font color="#808080"></font></b> (<i>plural</i> <font color="#808080">K valued</font> properties<font color="#808080"></font>)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>covariant <a href=#contra><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></i></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value<br></p>
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<p class="halftightin1"><a name=A35></a><b><font color="#808080">K valued</font> table<font color="#808080"></font> column<font color="#808080"></font></b> (<i>plural</i> <font color="#808080">K valued</font> table<font color="#808080"></font> columns<font color="#808080"></font>)</p><p class="tightin1"><i>covariant <a href=#contra><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/shelp.png></a></i></p><p class="tightin1"><i>Matches:</i> value<br></p>
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<p><a name=contra><small><b>Covariance</b> means that if K is a kind of L, then something you make from K can be used as the same thing made from L. For example, a list of doors can be used as a list of things, because 'list of K' is covariant. <b>Contravariance</b> means it works the other way round. For example, an activity on things can be used as an activity on doors, but not vice versa, because 'activity of K' is contravariant.</small></p></div>
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Which values can be added up, multiplied and so on<br><i>About arithmetic <a href=inform:/doc245.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></i></p>
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<p><hr><p><a name=calculator><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/calc2.png> Kinds of value marked with the <b>calculator symbol</b> are numerical - these are values we can add, multiply and so on. The range of these numbers depends on the Format setting for the project (Glulx format supports much higher numbers than Z-code).</font></td></tr></table><p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><b>kind of value</b> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><b>minimum</b> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><b>maximum</b> </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><b>dimensions</b></font></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>number </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>1 </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>2147483647 </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>dimensionless</i></font></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>real number </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>-- </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>-- </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2><i>dimensionless</i></font></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>time </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>1 minute </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>23 hours 59 minutes </font></td><td align="left" valign="top"><font size=2>(time)</font></td></tr></table><p></div>
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turn count - <i>number</i><br>
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time of day <a href=inform:/doc140.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - <i>time</i><br>
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darkness witnessed - <i>truth state</i><br>
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person asked <a href=inform:/doc179.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - <i>object</i><br>
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reason the action failed <a href=inform:/doc181.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - <i>rule</i><br>
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item described - <i>object</i><br>
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<p><b>Used when ruling on accessibility</b><br>person reaching <a href=inform:/doc194.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - <i>object</i><br>
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container in question - <i>object</i><br>
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particular possession <a href=inform:/doc295.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - <i>thing</i><br>
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<p><b>Used when understanding typed commands</b><br>player's command <a href=inform:/doc319.html><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - <i>snippet</i><br>
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matched text - <i>snippet</i><br>
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right hand status line - <i>text</i><br>
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listing group size - <i>number</i><br>
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prior named object - <i>object</i><br>
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<p><b>Grammatical definitions</b><br>story tense <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/English%20Language.html' title="English Language by Graham Nelson" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a> - <i>grammatical tense</i><br>
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<p><b>Customizing the status line</b><br>Status bar table <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Emily%20Short/Basic%20Screen%20Effects.html' title="Basic Screen Effects by Emily Short" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a> - <i>table name</i><br>
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<p><b>List of disambiguables</b><br>list of disambiguables <a href='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Aaron%20Reed/Numbered%20Disambiguation%20Choices.html' title="Numbered Disambiguation Choices by Aaron Reed" STYLE="text-decoration: none"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a> - <i>list of objects</i><br>
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