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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories accontinue="1952_establishments_in_the_United_States" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1017 Brick Squad artists</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1907 births</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1930 introductions</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1931 births</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1938 births</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1940 births</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1941 births</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1942 births</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1950 births</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1951 births</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
</api>