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           last-revision="$Date: 2010-10-30 13:34:45 -0400 (Sat, 30 Oct 2010) $">
  <title>The Boost C++ Libraries BoostBook Documentation Subset</title>

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  <part id="libraries">
    <title>The Boost C++ Libraries (BoostBook Subset)</title>

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