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\author{H. Schulzrinne}
\title{A trivial paper typeset in \LaTeX}
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\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
This paper tests some common \LaTeX\ structures and idioms. No tables or
figures are supported yet. German words have Umlauts like \"uber.
\end{abstract}
\section[First Section]{First Section, Long Name}
This ``section'' has one short paragraph, consisting (at least today,
\today) of a single, but slightly long and certainly content-free
sentence.  These types of papers also have\footnote{far too many}
footnotes.  Further references can be found \htmladdnormallink{by anon. 
ftp}{ftp://foo.bar.com}.

\section{Second Section}
MBONE tools are often {\bf confusing} to operate for the uninitiated.

\begin{tabular}{r|lr}
year & price & dividend\\
\hline
1971 & 41-54 & 2.60\\ 
   2 & 41-54 & 2.70\\
   3 & 46-55 & 2.87\\
   4 & 40-53 & 3.24\\
   5 & 45-52 & 3.40\\
\end{tabular}

\subsection{Subsection with a Section}
Another sentence\ldots
\begin{center}
Important concepts should be centered.
\end{center}

\begin{itemize}
\item The first item, with another level of itemization.
  \begin{itemize}
  \item A sub-item, maybe marked with dashes instead of bullets.
  \item Lists shouldn't be too deeply nested to avoid a ragged look
  of the document.
  \end{itemize}
\item The second item.
\begin{enumerate}
\item The first sub-item.
\item The second numbered sub-item.
\end{enumerate}
\item The third and final item.
\end{itemize}

\begin{description}
\item[TeX] a text formatter written by Donald Knuth
\item[LaTeX] a TeX macro package
\item[nroff] the Unix text formatter for text terminals
\end{description}

\section*{An unnumbered section}
For variety, we conclude with an unnumbered section.
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