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+ Boost Logo Contest has been extended. Entries will still be accepted
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+ until March 1, 2005. Follow <a href="more/logo_contest.htm">this link</a> for details.
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+ and adopt a new one. We are now launching a competition for the
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+ possible quality. The Boost membership owes
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<p>© Copyright Beman Dawes, David Abrahams, 1998-2003.</p>
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Distributed under the Boost Software License,
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