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    contents.addMenuItem("From the Editor - America celebrates Virginia's quadcentennial", 	"top.window.location='FromTheEditor.shtml'");
    contents.addMenuItem("The End of All Things is at Hand", 				"top.window.location='TheEndOfAllthingsIsAtHand.shtml'");
    
    contents.addMenuItem("What Is It To You?", 	"top.window.location='WhatIsItToYou.shtml'");
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