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Original:  He thought giving land back to the Maori was impractical because Wellington's population had grown to about 3000, outnumbering Maori by at least five to one.
Revised:  He thought giving land back to the Māori was impractical because Wellington's population had grown to about 3000, outnumbering Maori by at least five to one.
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Original:  He thought giving land back to the Maori was impractical because Wellington's population had grown to about 3000, outnumbering Maori by at least five to one.
Revised:  He thought giving land back to the Maori was impractical because Wellington's population had grown to about 3000, outnumbering Māori by at least five to one.
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Original:  In January 1843 acting Governor Willoughby Shortland advised both Spain and Wakefield he approved of the plan to compensate Maori for land that had not been properly alienated;
Revised:  In January 1843 acting Governor Willoughby Shortland advised both Spain and Wakefield he approved of the plan to compensate Māori for land that had not been properly alienated;
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Original:  At Wanganui, tensions were high because of the presence of more than 200 European settlers attempting to farm and build on land many Maori said had not been sold.
Revised:  At Wanganui, tensions were high because of the presence of more than 200 European settlers attempting to farm and build on land many Māori said had not been sold.
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Original:  Spain, however, decided the Maori owners would not be given the land back, but instead be compensated for it and he subsequently negotiated an amount, which took more than a year to be paid.
Revised:  Spain, however, decided the Māori owners would not be given the land back, but instead be compensated for it and he subsequently negotiated an amount, which took more than a year to be paid.
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Original:  In March 1843 Clarke told Wakefield the company would need to pay £1500 to the Port Nicholson Maori to adequately compensate them for land that had not been properly alienated.
Revised:  In March 1843 Clarke told Wakefield the company would need to pay £1500 to the Port Nicholson Māori to adequately compensate them for land that had not been properly alienated.
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Original:  As Wakefield continued to stall the process, Maori frustration grew and in August they sent a deputation to Spain—who had by then opted to suspend hearings and move on to investigate the Taranaki claims—accusing him of colluding with the company to delay payments.
Revised:  As Wakefield continued to stall the process, Māori frustration grew and in August they sent a deputation to Spain—who had by then opted to suspend hearings and move on to investigate the Taranaki claims—accusing him of colluding with the company to delay payments.
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Original:  He found that the interpreters used by the company had also failed to explain the amount of land being negotiated or the reserve system in a way that was intelligible to the Maori . Spain recommended that the government pay all compensation that was due—possibly as much as £6000 in the North Island alone—and that the company be awarded a Crown grant only after it had repaid that amount to the government.
Revised:  He found that the interpreters used by the company had also failed to explain the amount of land being negotiated or the reserve system in a way that was intelligible to the Māori . Spain recommended that the government pay all compensation that was due—possibly as much as £6000 in the North Island alone—and that the company be awarded a Crown grant only after it had repaid that amount to the government.
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Original:  Wakefield agreed to pay £1500 to the Port Nicholson area Maori , although their chiefs, led by those of Te Aro pā, rejected that amount—which had been calculated by Clarke alone—as inadequate.
Revised:  Wakefield agreed to pay £1500 to the Port Nicholson area Māori , although their chiefs, led by those of Te Aro pā, rejected that amount—which had been calculated by Clarke alone—as inadequate.
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Original:  Although rebuffed, Spain and Clarke would not accept the Maoris ' refusal, deciding that the Port Nicholson area had to be completely ceded and that compensation money would simply be banked for later use by Ngāti Toa.
Revised:  Although rebuffed, Spain and Clarke would not accept the Māoris ' refusal, deciding that the Port Nicholson area had to be completely ceded and that compensation money would simply be banked for later use by Ngāti Toa.
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Original:  By April 1844 most of the Maori titles in the Port Nicholson district were settled and the vital town site and most of the country area were secured for European occupation.
Revised:  By April 1844 most of the Māori titles in the Port Nicholson district were settled and the vital town site and most of the country area were secured for European occupation.
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Original:  He awarded the company almost all it had claimed and held the money for it to be later claimed by Maori in those areas.
Revised:  He awarded the company almost all it had claimed and held the money for it to be later claimed by Māori in those areas.
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Original:  Taranaki Spain's most problematic inquiry was the one he conducted over the company's claims in Taranaki where, since 1842, Te Āti Awa Maori had been returning home in increasing numbers, after lengthy periods of captivity by Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto iwi.
Revised:  Taranaki Spain's most problematic inquiry was the one he conducted over the company's claims in Taranaki where, since 1842, Te Āti Awa Māori had been returning home in increasing numbers, after lengthy periods of captivity by Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto iwi.
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Original:  Waikato raids had also forced other Taranaki Maori to migrate southwards between the mid-1820s and early 1830s to live as exiles, and almost all had been absent when their land had been "sold" to the New Zealand Company.
Revised:  Waikato raids had also forced other Taranaki Māori to migrate southwards between the mid-1820s and early 1830s to live as exiles, and almost all had been absent when their land had been "sold" to the New Zealand Company.
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Original:  By 31 May 1844, when Spain opened his Taranaki hearings in New Plymouth, about 900 Maori had returned to settlements spread along the coastal strip between Paritutu and Waitara, heightening tensions with settlers who attempted to clear and cultivate land for which they had paid the company.
Revised:  By 31 May 1844, when Spain opened his Taranaki hearings in New Plymouth, about 900 Māori had returned to settlements spread along the coastal strip between Paritutu and Waitara, heightening tensions with settlers who attempted to clear and cultivate land for which they had paid the company.
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Original:  From the outset Spain refused to accept the land ownership claims of non-resident Maori .
Revised:  From the outset Spain refused to accept the land ownership claims of non-resident Māori .
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Original:  His view was strongly opposed by both his assistants, George Clarke and Thomas Forsaith, a Maori interpreter and Protector of Aborigines.
Revised:  His view was strongly opposed by both his assistants, George Clarke and Thomas Forsaith, a Māori interpreter and Protector of Aborigines.
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Original:  Governor Robert FitzRoySpain closed his court on 6 June and announced his decision two days later before a large crowd of Maori and Europeans.
Revised:  Governor Robert FitzRoySpain closed his court on 6 June and announced his decision two days later before a large crowd of Māori and Europeans.
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Original:  He ruled that the company was entitled to the 60,000 acres it claimed, with the exception of Maori pā, burial grounds and cultivations and 6000 acres of reserves, and two other sections reserved for Dicky Barrett and the Wesleyan Missionary Society.
Revised:  He ruled that the company was entitled to the 60,000 acres it claimed, with the exception of Māori pā, burial grounds and cultivations and 6000 acres of reserves, and two other sections reserved for Dicky Barrett and the Wesleyan Missionary Society.
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Original:  Increasingly nervous settlers appealed to FitzRoy for military protection, while Āti Awa chiefs, including Wiremu Kīngi, who had signed a Taranaki sale deed with a company representative at Queen Charlotte Sound in November 1839, sent a petition to FitzRoy protesting that it was wrong for the Europeans to take lands, particularly at Waitara, which Maori had never sold.
Revised:  Increasingly nervous settlers appealed to FitzRoy for military protection, while Āti Awa chiefs, including Wiremu Kīngi, who had signed a Taranaki sale deed with a company representative at Queen Charlotte Sound in November 1839, sent a petition to FitzRoy protesting that it was wrong for the Europeans to take lands, particularly at Waitara, which Māori had never sold.
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Original:  In early July FitzRoy despatched Protector of Aborigines Donald McLean to Taranaki to placate the MaoriSir Donald McLean, An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966 and on 2 August arrived there himself to plead for peace.
Revised:  In early July FitzRoy despatched Protector of Aborigines Donald McLean to Taranaki to placate the MāoriSir Donald McLean, An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966 and on 2 August arrived there himself to plead for peace.
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Original:  FitzRoy returned to New Plymouth in early October 1844 and confirmed that he had overturned Spain's judgment, declaring that all the awarded land would have to be repurchased from the Maori owners;
Revised:  FitzRoy returned to New Plymouth in early October 1844 and confirmed that he had overturned Spain's judgment, declaring that all the awarded land would have to be repurchased from the Māori owners;
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Original:  By then Wakefield had adopted a more conciliatory approach and had decided to pay Maori compensation where Spain decided it was necessary—in Port Nicholson, Wanganui and Manawatu—and also decided to abandon claim to any land in the Wairau Valley.
Revised:  By then Wakefield had adopted a more conciliatory approach and had decided to pay Māori compensation where Spain decided it was necessary—in Port Nicholson, Wanganui and Manawatu—and also decided to abandon claim to any land in the Wairau Valley.
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Original:  After just two days of hearings Wakefield offered to pay £800 compensation to local Maori who had received no payment from Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata in 1839.
Revised:  After just two days of hearings Wakefield offered to pay £800 compensation to local Māori who had received no payment from Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata in 1839.
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Original:  Regardless of that, he awarded the company almost all the land it claimed and paid compensation to the Maori .
Revised:  Regardless of that, he awarded the company almost all the land it claimed and paid compensation to the Māori .
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Original:  The only lands he did not award, because of Maori resistance, were the Manawatu and Porirua districts.
Revised:  The only lands he did not award, because of Māori resistance, were the Manawatu and Porirua districts.
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Original:  In every case where compensation had been awarded for the loss of Maori lands, it had been accepted reluctantly or refused.
Revised:  In every case where compensation had been awarded for the loss of Māori lands, it had been accepted reluctantly or refused.
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Original:  There was also confusion over the exact location of Maori reserves, and the complication of Maori continuing to cultivate and live on unoccupied land, which was commonly absentees' property.
Revised:  There was also confusion over the exact location of Māori reserves, and the complication of Maori continuing to cultivate and live on unoccupied land, which was commonly absentees' property.
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Original:  There was also confusion over the exact location of Maori reserves, and the complication of Maori continuing to cultivate and live on unoccupied land, which was commonly absentees' property.
Revised:  There was also confusion over the exact location of Maori reserves, and the complication of Māori continuing to cultivate and live on unoccupied land, which was commonly absentees' property.
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Original:  The problem was particularly acute at Port Nicholson, where more than 80 percent of Maori cultivations were on absentees' land.
Revised:  The problem was particularly acute at Port Nicholson, where more than 80 percent of Māori cultivations were on absentees' land.
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Original:  A variety of methods were used, including new legislation (the 1849 Quieting Titles Ordinance, the 1856 Land Claims Settlement Act, the 1867 Land Claims Arbitration Act), another land commission running from 1857 to 1862 and headed by politician and former New Zealand Company agent Dillon Bell, land exchanges with Maori in order for them to abandon cultivations on Europeans'
Revised:  A variety of methods were used, including new legislation (the 1849 Quieting Titles Ordinance, the 1856 Land Claims Settlement Act, the 1867 Land Claims Arbitration Act), another land commission running from 1857 to 1862 and headed by politician and former New Zealand Company agent Dillon Bell, land exchanges with Māori in order for them to abandon cultivations on Europeans'
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Original:  FitzRoy's successor, Governor George Grey, believed FitzRoy had been wrong to set aside Spain's award at New Plymouth and threatened to survey the full 60,000 acres, with minimal compensation to be paid to Maori .
Revised:  FitzRoy's successor, Governor George Grey, believed FitzRoy had been wrong to set aside Spain's award at New Plymouth and threatened to survey the full 60,000 acres, with minimal compensation to be paid to Māori .
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Original:  Grey refused to compensate them for crops and houses, claiming their occupation had been illegal, and countered Maori resistance by sending a 340-strong military force into the valley.
Revised:  Grey refused to compensate them for crops and houses, claiming their occupation had been illegal, and countered Māori resistance by sending a 340-strong military force into the valley.
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Original:  Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha, who Grey suspected was behind the Maori resistance, was captured in July and kept prisoner for 18 months.
Revised:  Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha, who Grey suspected was behind the Māori resistance, was captured in July and kept prisoner for 18 months.
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Original:  In April 1847 Grey also used British military forces at Wanganui to crush Maori resistance to European occupation.
Revised:  In April 1847 Grey also used British military forces at Wanganui to crush Māori resistance to European occupation.
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Original:  They speak the Sakata language, and Lingala language
Revised:  They speak the Sakata language, and Lingala as their lingua franc
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Original: The Sakata people , or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa , and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Revised: The Sakata people or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa , and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Original: The Sakata people , or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa , and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Revised: The Sakata people , or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Original:  They speak the Sakata language , and Lingala as their lingua franca.
Revised:  They speak the Sakata language and Lingala as their lingua franca.
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Original: The Sakata people  or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa  and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Revised: The Sakata people , or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Original: The Sakata people  or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa  and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Revised: The Sakata people or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa , and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Original:  They speak the Sakata language  and Lingala as their lingua franca.
Revised:  They speak the Sakata language , and Lingala as their lingua franca.
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Original:  Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha Aadya Congressukar - G P Pillai - Page : 210 (?) and other towns extended unprecedented support.
Revised:  Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha Aadya Congressukar - G P Pillai - Page 210 (?) and other towns extended unprecedented support.
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Original:  Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha Aadya Congressukar - G P Pillai - Page : 210 (?) and other towns extended unprecedented support.
Revised:  Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha Aadya Congressukar - G P Pillai - Page : 210 and other towns extended unprecedented support.
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Original:  One of the chief activists  taken into custody by the government in this case was K.Kumar .
Revised:  Congress leaders and the chief activists taken into custody by the government in this case was K.Kumar .
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Original:  One of the chief activists  taken into custody by the government in this case was K.Kumar .
Revised:  One of the chief activists taken into custody by the government in this case . K.Kumar .
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Original:  Congress leaders and the chief activists K. Kumar, AK Pillai and Thoppil Padmanabha Pillai  were taken into custody by the government in this case.
Revised:  Congress leaders and the chief activists K. Kumar, AK Pillai and Thoppil Padmanabha Pillai - were taken into custody by the government in this case.
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Original:  K.Kumar was awarded one year of imprisonment in the connection.
Revised:  K.Kumar was awarded one year of imprisonment in this connection.
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Original: K. Kumar (1894-1973) was an  orator, reformer and writer of the Indian pre-independence era.
Revised: K. Kumar (1894-1973) was an Indian orator, reformer and writer of the Indian pre-independence era.
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Original: K. Kumar at 80 K. Kumar (1894-1973 ) was an Indian orator, reformer and writer of the Indian pre-independence era.
Revised: K. Kumar at 80 (1894–1973 ) was an Indian orator, reformer and writer of the Indian pre-independence era.
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Original:  On 23 July 2006  Simon Oosterman got on the roof above the footpath at the US Consulate in Auckland, New Zealand and lowered the American Flag to half mast.
Revised:  On 23 July 2006 , Simon Oosterman got on the roof above the footpath at the US Consulate in Auckland, New Zealand and lowered the American Flag to half mast.
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Original:  In July 2007 Mr Oosterman, who runs a web hosting service for community groups, was forced to remove a Save Happy Valley Coalition spoof annual report of Solid Energy's environmental record which included a logo of the state-owned enterprise for infringement of their copyright and trademark.
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Original:  On 2 July 2008, Judge Chris McGuire awarded Oosterman $5,000 damages and $25,000 court costs saying police actions had not been reasonable, but rejected Mr Oosterman's claim of assault saying the officer's actions did not quite meet the necessary "high threshold of blameworthiness"   .
Revised:  On 2 July 2008, Judge Chris McGuire awarded Oosterman $5,000 damages and $25,000 court costs saying police actions had not been reasonable, but rejected Mr Oosterman's claim of assault saying the officer's actions did not quite meet the necessary "high threshold of blameworthiness" . .
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Original:  He is best known for coordinating the Unite Union campaign Supersizemypay.com which targeted the fast food industry and contributed to the abolition of youth rates, a $12 minimum wage (among other results) and the world's first Starbucks strike, and for his involvement in the World Naked Bike Ride on which he was arrested for indecent exposure.
Revised:  He is best known for co-ordinating the Unite Union campaign Supersizemypay.com which targeted the fast food industry and contributed to the abolition of youth rates, a $12 minimum wage (among other results) and the world's first Starbucks strike, and for his involvement in the World Naked Bike Ride on which he was arrested for indecent exposure.
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Original:  He, along with six other people, was arrested and was due to appear in court on September 3.
Revised:  He, along with six other people, was arrested and was due to appear in court on 3 September.
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Original:  He is best known for co-ordinating the Unite Union campaign Supersizemypay.com which targeted the fast food industry and contributed to the abolition of youth rates , a $12 minimum wage (among other results) and the world's first Starbucks strike, and for his involvement in the World Naked Bike Ride on which he was arrested for indecent exposure.
Revised:  He is best known for co-ordinating the Unite Union campaign Supersizemypay.com which targeted the fast food industry and advocated for the abolition of youth rates , a $12 minimum wage (among other results) and the world's first Starbucks strike, and for his involvement in the World Naked Bike Ride on which he was arrested for indecent exposure.
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Original:  On 2 July 2008, Judge Chris McGuire awarded Oosterman $5,000 damages and $25,000 court costs saying police actions had not been reasonable, but rejected Mr Oosterman's claim of assault saying the officer's actions did not quite meet the necessary "high threshold of blameworthiness".
Revised:  2 July 2008, Judge Chris McGuire awarded Oosterman $5,000 damages and $25,000 court costs saying police actions had not been reasonable, but rejected Mr Oosterman's claim of assault saying the officer's actions did not quite meet the necessary "high threshold of blameworthiness".
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Original:  After the war, like many former USCT veterans, he remained in the army on the frontier as part of the Buffalo Soldiers.
Revised:  After the war, like many former USCT veterans, he remained in the army on the frontier as one of the Buffalo Soldiers.
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Original:  After being discharged from naval service, he reenlisted in the Union Army under the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, a United States Colored ( USCC ) regiment, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant on June 1, 1864.
Revised:  After being discharged from naval service, he reenlisted in the Union Army under the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, a United States Colored ( USCT ) regiment, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant on June 1, 1864.
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Original:  Romerson fought with his regiment at the Second Battle of Petersburg and took part in the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign, better-known as the Siege of Petersburg.
Revised:  Romerson fought with his regiment at the Second Battle of Petersburg and took part in the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign, better-known as the siege of Petersburg.
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Original:  Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 32, 3–25. but a key characteristic is that it can only be deployed to one object at a time.
Revised:  Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 32, 3–25. but a key characteristic is that it can only be deployed to one location at a time.
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