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-This is Python version 1.5.2b1 -- released Dec 22, 1998
+This is Python version 1.5.2b2 -- released Feb 18, 1999
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 What's new in this release?
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-Quite a bit!  See the Misc/NEWS file.
+See the Misc/NEWS file.
 
 
 If you don't read instructions