Mr Powers

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Mr Powers has 90 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 12 references, with 5 live disagreements.

90 facts·79 predicates·12 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:appealed to(4), moved resolution(3), moved(2)

Inbound mentions (15)

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Courier Reportsex:courier-reports

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Mr Archerex:mr-archer

`attendedBy`Attended by(1)

Assembly Meetingex:assembly-meeting

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Oulouaex:ouloua

`criticizedAsAbsurdBy`Criticized As Absurd by(1)

Age of Consent 12ex:age-of-consent-12

`hasStrongWishToProtectWeakerSexAs`Has Strong Wish to Protect Weaker Sex As(1)

Mr Moreheadex:mr-morehead

`initiatedBy`Initiated by(1)

Debate Legislative Assemblyex:debate-legislative-assembly

`introducedBy`Introduced by(1)

Mr Powers Legal Reform Measureex:mr-powers-legal-reform-measure

`membersPresentIncludes`Members Present Includes(1)

Assembly Members Meeting July 8ex:assembly-members-meeting-july-8

`receivedLetterFrom`Received Letter From(1)

F Bryantex:f-bryant

`referencedIntertextuallyBy`Referenced Intertextually by(1)

Contagious Diseases Actex:contagious-diseases-act

`roseWith`Rose With(1)

Mr Alandex:mr-aland

`secretaryElected`Secretary Elected(1)

Port Douglas Jockey Clubex:port-douglas-jockey-club

`sharesWishWith`Shares Wish With(1)

Mr Moreheadex:mr-morehead

Other facts (90)

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90 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Appealed to	Queensland Government	[9]
Appealed to	Ministers	[9]
Appealed to	Government	[10]
Appealed to	Ministers	[10]
Moved Resolution	Resolution Protection Young Females	[9]
Moved Resolution	null	[10]
Moved Resolution	Protection of Young Females Resolution	[10]
Moved	Motion Leave Legal Reform Bill	[2]
Moved	Motion Protection Young Females	[10]
Advocated Raising	Age of Legal Consent	[9]
Advocated Raising	Age of Legal Consent	[10]
Not Primed With	facts	[9]
Not Primed With	facts	[10]
Described Subject As	surrounded by unpleasantness	[9]
Described Subject As	surrounded by unpleasantness	[10]
Quoted Reports From	Courier and Other Newspapers	[10]
Quoted Reports From	Comm and Newspapers	[10]
Referred to	Ladies Meeting Brisbane Last Week	[10]
Referred to	Contagious Diseases Act	[10]
Member for	Burrum	[1]
Addressed House at Length	{}	[1]
Obtained Leave to Introduce	Courts of Conciliation Bill	[3]
Spoke on	Pensions Bill	[3]
Rumored Leader of	New Political Party	[4]
Rumored to Be Leader of	new political party with Mr Donaldson	[4]
Delivered Speech	Superannuation Clauses Repeal Debate	[1]
Represented	prosecution	[5]
Given Notice to Introduce	Bill Amend Elections Act	[6]
Engages in Commerce	null	[6]
Likely Trader	null	[6]
Member of Group	Messrs Powers Thomas Madden	[6]
Appeared for Prosecution	null	[7]
Moves Motion for	Legal Reform Bill Introduction	[8]
Knows Present Law	Queensland Consent Law	[9]
Satisfied That	All Members Agree	[9]
Appealed Urgently	Government Action	[9]
Stated Maxim	persons cannot be made moral by Act of Parliament, but persons could be prevented from committing crime by Act of Parliament	[9]
Believes Bill Can	Pass in One Evening	[9]
Believes Not Right	Liberty to 12 Year Girls	[9]
Contradicts Statement	Griffith Bill Thrown Out Claim	[9]
Moved for	Immediate Legislation	[9]
Referred to Act	Contagious Diseases Act	[9]
Stated Current Law on	Seduction of Girls	[9]
Claimed Nothing Done for	youthful female portion	[9]
Advocates	Immediate Legislation	[9]
Considered Reference Necessary	Protection of Young Girls	[9]
Contended Not Right State	Current Law	[9]
Knows of	Antagonism to Legislation	[9]
Hoped for Action Before	session close	[9]
Implies Priority Over	Property Protection	[9]
Hoped Antagonism Not Expressed in	House	[9]
Moved Motion	immediate legislation desirable for better protection of young females	[9]
Performs Speech Act of	appeal	[9]
Held Prevention Better Than	cure	[9]
Called Age Absurd	12	[9]
Called State Shameful	Current State of Affairs	[9]
Appealed to Government	null	[10]
Advocates Raising Age	null	[10]
Believed	All Members Satisfied	[10]
Believed Bill Could Be	Introduced and Passed One Evening	[10]
Certain That	Wrongs Occur	[10]
Claimed Disgrace Attaches to	Assembly	[10]
Commits to View That	Prevention Better Than Morality	[10]
Contradicted	Claim Griffith Bill Thrown Out	[10]
Explained	Queensland Present Law	[10]
Stated	Persons Prevented From Crimes by Act	[10]
Stated Truth	Persons Cannot Be Made Moral by Act	[10]
Initiated Debate	Interesting Debate	[10]
Described Current State As	shameful state of things	[10]
Moved Pursuant to Notice	Young Girls Protection Motion	[10]
Described Age12 As	absurd	[10]
Employed Proverb	prevention better than cure	[10]
Contended That	not right state of affairs	[10]
Stated Reference Is	absolute necessity	[10]
Asserted Nothing Done for	youthful female portion	[10]
Knew Existence of	Antagonists to Legislation	[10]
Hoped Session Would Not	close without action	[10]
Held That	prevention better than cure	[10]
Framed Argument Around	necessity despite unpleasantness	[10]
Trusted That	antagonism would not find vent in House	[10]
Believes Bill Can Pass in	One Evening	[10]
Contradicted Claim That	Sir S W Griffith Bill Thrown Out	[10]
Acknowledges Cannot Make Moral by Act	Parliament Act	[10]
Advocates Raising Protected Age	null	[10]
Referred to Event	Ladies Meeting Brisbane Last Week	[10]
Claims Can Prevent Crime by Act	Parliament Act	[10]
Believes Members Satisfied That	Liberty to Girls 12 Not Right	[10]
Appealed to Government for	Immediate Action	[10]
Asked Question to	Mr Curnow	[11]
Nominal Leader of Opposition	null	[12]

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90 undated

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memberFortrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:burrum

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movedtrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:motion-leave-legal-reform-bill

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addressedHouseAtLengthtrove-cooktown/john-davis

{}

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obtainedLeaveToIntroducetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:courts-of-conciliation-bill

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spokeOntrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:pensions-bill

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rumoredLeaderOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:new-political-party

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rumoredToBeLeaderOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

new political party with Mr Donaldson

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deliveredSpeechtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:superannuation-clauses-repeal-debate

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representedtrove-cooktown/prostitution

prosecution

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givenNoticeToIntroducetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:bill-amend-elections-act

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engagesInCommercetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

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likelyTradertrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

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memberOfGrouptrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:messrs-powers-thomas-madden

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appearedForProsecutiontrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

null

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movesMotionForbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-malay-cingalese/19814685_Saturday-8-June-1889

ex:legal-reform-bill-introduction

—

appealedTolaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:queensland-government

—

knowsPresentLawlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:queensland-consent-law

—

satisfiedThatlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:all-members-agree

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appealedUrgentlylaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:government-action

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statedMaximlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

persons cannot be made moral by Act of Parliament, but persons could be prevented from committing crime by Act of Parliament

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believesBillCanlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:passInOneEvening

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believesNotRightlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:liberty-to-12-year-girls

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contradictsStatementlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:griffith-bill-thrown-out-claim

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movedResolutionlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:resolution-protection-young-females

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movedForlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:immediate-legislation

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referredToActlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:contagious-diseases-act

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statedCurrentLawOnlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:seduction-of-girls

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claimedNothingDoneForlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

youthful female portion

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advocateslaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:immediate-legislation

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advocatedRaisinglaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:age-of-legal-consent

—

consideredReferenceNecessarylaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:protection-of-young-girls

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contendedNotRightStatelaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:current-law

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notPrimedWithlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

facts

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appealedTolaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:ministers

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knowsOflaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:antagonism-to-legislation

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hopedForActionBeforelaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

session close

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impliesPriorityOverlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:property-protection

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hopedAntagonismNotExpressedInlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:house

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movedMotionlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

immediate legislation desirable for better protection of young females

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describedSubjectAslaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

surrounded by unpleasantness

—

performsSpeechActOflaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

appeal

—

heldPreventionBetterThanlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

cure

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calledAgeAbsurdlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

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calledStateShamefullaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

ex:current-state-of-affairs

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appealedToGovernmentlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

null

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advocatesRaisingAgelaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

null

—

appealedTolaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:government

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believedlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:all-members-satisfied

—

believedBillCouldBelaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:introduced-and-passed-one-evening

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certainThatlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:wrongs-occur

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claimedDisgraceAttachesTolaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:assembly

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commitsToViewThatlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:prevention-better-than-morality

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contradictedlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:claim-griffith-bill-thrown-out

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explainedlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:queensland-present-law

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movedlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:motion-protection-young-females

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movedResolutionlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

null

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quotedReportsFromlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:courier-and-other-newspapers

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referredTolaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:ladies-meeting-brisbane-last-week

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statedlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:persons-prevented-from-crimes-by-act

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statedTruthlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:persons-cannot-be-made-moral-by-act

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initiatedDebatelaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:interesting-debate

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describedSubjectAslaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

surrounded by unpleasantness

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describedCurrentStateAslaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

shameful state of things

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movedPursuantToNoticelaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:young-girls-protection-motion

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describedAge12Aslaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

absurd

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employedProverblaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

prevention better than cure

—

contendedThatlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

not right state of affairs

—

notPrimedWithlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

facts

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advocatedRaisinglaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:age-of-legal-consent

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referredTolaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:contagious-diseases-act

—

statedReferenceIslaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

absolute necessity

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assertedNothingDoneForlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

youthful female portion

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appealedTolaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:ministers

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knewExistenceOflaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:antagonists-to-legislation

—

hopedSessionWouldNotlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

close without action

—

heldThatlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

prevention better than cure

—

framedArgumentAroundlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

necessity despite unpleasantness

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trustedThatlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

antagonism would not find vent in House

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believesBillCanPassInlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:one-evening

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contradictedClaimThatlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:sir-s-w-griffith-bill-thrown-out

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acknowledgesCannotMakeMoralByActlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:parliament-act

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advocatesRaisingProtectedAgelaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

null

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referredToEventlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:ladies-meeting-brisbane-last-week

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movedResolutionlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:protection-of-young-females-resolution

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claimsCanPreventCrimeByActlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:parliament-act

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believesMembersSatisfiedThatlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:liberty-to-girls-12-not-right

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quotedReportsFromlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:comm-and-newspapers

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appealedToGovernmentForlaura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers

ex:immediate-action

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askedQuestionTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/170829766_Wednesday-24-September-1890_LAST-NIGHTS-PARLIAMENT-BRISBANE-September-23

ex:mr-curnow

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nominalLeaderOfOppositionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-precise-search-cattle-creek-hotel-reynolds

null

References (12)

12 references

[1]John Davis3 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
[2]Cingalese1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[3]Coloured Persons2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[4]Beche De Mer2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[5]Prostitution1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
[6]North Shore Full4 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
[7]Storekeeper Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
[8]19814685 Saturday 8 June 18891 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-malay-cingalese/19814685_Saturday-8-June-1889
[9]Loop11 Hodgkinson29 facts
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson
[10]Loop16 Native Police Officers44 facts
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop16-native-police-officers
[11]170829766 Wednesday 24 September 1890 Last Nights Parliament Brisbane September 231 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/170829766_Wednesday-24-September-1890_LAST-NIGHTS-PARLIAMENT-BRISBANE-September-23
[12]Trove Precise Search Cattle Creek Hotel Reynolds1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-precise-search-cattle-creek-hotel-reynolds

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Inbound mentions (15)

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attendedByAttended by(1)

carriedPassengerCarried Passenger(1)

criticizedAsAbsurdByCriticized As Absurd by(1)

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referencedIntertextuallyByReferenced Intertextually by(1)

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`hasStrongWishToProtectWeakerSexAs`Has Strong Wish to Protect Weaker Sex As(1)

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`introducedBy`Introduced by(1)

`membersPresentIncludes`Members Present Includes(1)

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