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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Tarpley, Margaret J [mailto:margaret.tarpley@Vanderbilt.Edu]
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<b>To:</b> Nthabiseng Kotsokoane <nthabik@gmail.com>; Ina Smith <Ina@assaf.org.za><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Norwegian research institutions have decided not to renew their agreement with Elsevier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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There is also no movement in...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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