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@@ -4960,8 +4960,8 @@ towel
 	you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie
 	on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus
 	V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it
-	beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of
-	Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down down the slow heavy
+	beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world
+	of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy
 	River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand combat; wrap it
 	round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze
 	of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mind-bogglingly