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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="Best common practices" snippet="*Your server has an uptime &amp;gt;= 180 days, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that it probably has passed a DST&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Daylight saving time&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; boundary.&#10;" size="3617" wordcount="583" timestamp="2006-05-27T00:32:47Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>