Nina Hartley
Biography
Marie Louise Hartman (born March 11, 1959), known professionally as Nina Hartley, is an American pornographic film actress and sex educator. She has been described by Las Vegas Weekly as an "outspoken feminist" and "advocate for sexual freedom", and by CNBC as "a legend in the adult world". Her pornographic film debut was in Educating Nina (1984), where she was cast and directed by fellow performer Juliet Anderson. Since then she has gone on to become one of the most enduring and recognizable performers in the industry, winning numerous awards throughout her career from various critic and fan organizations. By 2017 she had appeared in more than one thousand adult films.
Hartley grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, after graduating from Berkeley High School in 1977, she attended San Francisco State University's undergraduate nursing school and graduated magna cum laude in 1985, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She was a registered nurse until her license expired in 1986. Hartley sought a career in pornography as a way to make a living by having sex, later telling Las Vegas Weekly, "Porn gave me easy access to women without having to date them or have a relationship." She writes that part of her reason for choosing sex work was to be able to indulge her exhibitionistic and voyeuristic streak. She has said she chose her life's work when she saw the 1976 erotic film The Autobiography of a Flea alone at a theater in San Francisco. In 1982, during her sophomore year of nursing school, she started working as a stripper at the Sutter Cinema and then the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre.
Known For
Acting
2019
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2014
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2010
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1999
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1988
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2018
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2022
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1990
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2023
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1995
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2019
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2004
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2002
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2018
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1990
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1991
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1989
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1988
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1988
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2002
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1989
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2000
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2003
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2008
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1988
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1990
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1998
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1984
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1987
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2012
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1996
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2017
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1986
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1989
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2003
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1989
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1990
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2021
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1986
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2010
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2010
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1990
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2011
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2009
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2005
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2007
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2005
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2008
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2010
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2010
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1987
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2009
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2010
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2008
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2008
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2000
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2011
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2019
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1985
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1998
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1987
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2017
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2012
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2011
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1990
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1991
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2021
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2011
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2000
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2006
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1986
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2009
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1993
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1995
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2007
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1986
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1999
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2012
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1987
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2012
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1986
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1986
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2019
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2011
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1991
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2017
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2006
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2009
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1988
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1986
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1988
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1987
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2011
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2013
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1997
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1998
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1986
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1988
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2008
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2007
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1995
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2007
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1989
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2022
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2021
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1987
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1996
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1994
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1995
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2015
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1986
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1987
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1985
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1998
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1990
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1988
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1988
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1997
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1996
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2005
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2009
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1987
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2000
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2010
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1987
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1992
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1995
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1989
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2013
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2009
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1988
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2016
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2014
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1991
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1988
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1994
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1988
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1988
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2012
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1988
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1987
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2013
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2020
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2001
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2001
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2019
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2018
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2008
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2023
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2009
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1989
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1990
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1993
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2009
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2015
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1988
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2017
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1992
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2009
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2017
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2010
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1987
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1988
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1987
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2012
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1988
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1989
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2013
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2023
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2009
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2012
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1993
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1991
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1998
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2000
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2019
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2021
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2012
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2018
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2007
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2001
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2020
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1987
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1992
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2013
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2018
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2000
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1988
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2020
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2019
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1986
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1991
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2008
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2015
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1985
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2018
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2007
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2023
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2023
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1987
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1985
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2018
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1996
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1990
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2018
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2016
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2022
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2022
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1988
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1990
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2003
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2012
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1991
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2024
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1991
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2011
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1991
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2024
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1991
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2024
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2007
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2024
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1984
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1988
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1986
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2008
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1987
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1987
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2002
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2002
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2020
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2000
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2002
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2002
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2004
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2016
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1987
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2015
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2012
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2015
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2020
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2007
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2024
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2013
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1989
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2007
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2008
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2022
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1991
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2007
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1992
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1993
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1999
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2016
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1990
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1997
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2009
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1995
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1994
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1993
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1989
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2024
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2024
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2008
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1988
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2012
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2011
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2024
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2015
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1988
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1992
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2016
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2011
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1993
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2004
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2004
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1987
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1997
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2011
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1987
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1986
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1987
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1992
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2009
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2009
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2005
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2016
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2017
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2007
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2017
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2013
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2010
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2014
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1990
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1986
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2005
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1990
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2017
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1989
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2011
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2007
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1987
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2017
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2015
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1986
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1985
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1992
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1986
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1986
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1985
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1987
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1986
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1989
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1985
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1985
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1988
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1987
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1986
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1984
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1987
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1984
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2015
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1988
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1987
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1989
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1986
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1987
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2013
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1987
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1988
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2001
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1994
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2018
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2018
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2015
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1998
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2011
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2007
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2007
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2007
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1986
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2007
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2008
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2012
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1993
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2009
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1985
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2001
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2013
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2012
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2008
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1989
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2015
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2013
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1990
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1999
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1985
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1985
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2002
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1986
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2008
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2003
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1990
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1987
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1989
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1985
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1986
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1986
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1999
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2012
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2002
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1988
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2014
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2002
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1988
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2018
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2019
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2018
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1985
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1993
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1987
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2019
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1997
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2018
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2010
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1985
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2012
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2013
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2013
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2019
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2014
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2014
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2015
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1990
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2010
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1988
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2008
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1988
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1987
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1985
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2019
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2015
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2018
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2010
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1987
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1991
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2014
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2010
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1990
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2011
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1986
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2009
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1987
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2006
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1997
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2004
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2019
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1998
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1986
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2019
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1987
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1987
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1988
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1985
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1988
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1991
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1985
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1985
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1990
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1991
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1988
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2000
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1992
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2009
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1991
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1988
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1990
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1994
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1989
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1989
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1989
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2002
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1987
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1987
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1986
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1987
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2015
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2016
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2000
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2020
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