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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 97-1219

                                   BARBARA M. COX,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                     SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

                       [Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                               Selya, Boudin and Lynch,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Francis M. Jackson on brief for appellant.
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            Jay  P.  McCloskey,  United  States  Attorney,  David  R. Collins,
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        Assistant  United States  Attorney, and  Thomas  D. Ramsey,  Assistant
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        Regional Counsel, Region  I, Social Security Administration,  on brief
        for appellee.

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                                  November 26, 1997
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                      Per Curiam.  Claimant-appellant Barbara Cox appeals
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            from   a  judgment  of   the  district  court   adopting  the

            Magistrate's  report   and   affirming  an   order   of   the

            Commissioner of Social Security that  Cox was not entitled to

            disability  benefits.   Having carefully reviewed  the record

            and  the parties'  briefs,  we  reject  each  of  appellant's

            assignments  of error under Social Security Ruling 83-20, and

            affirm   substantially  for   the  reasons   stated  in   the

            Magistrate's thorough report  of December 16,  1996.  We  add

            here  only  that,  contrary  to  appellant's suggestion,  the

            Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ's) decision contains findings

            adequate to permit  effective review of his  determination as

            to appellant's credibility, and there was no prejudice in the

            ALJ's  failure to  separately  mention appellant's  husband's

            affidavit.   See Stein  v. Sullivan, 966  F.2d 317,  319 (7th
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            Cir. 1992) (noting that the level of articulation required in

            an  ALJ's  decision  is  not  precise).    The  finding  that

            appellant did not  demonstrate the onset  of a severe  mental

            impairment prior to  the expiration of her insured  status is

            supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole.

                      Affirmed.
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