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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: Chicago Dance Gazette - Plié.	Swati Chopra	Apr 26, 2011
	Added new Web site: Dummies.com - Ballet Moves: Demi-Pliés.	Gaurav Shukla	Apr 16, 2008
	Added new Web site: Chicago Dance Gazette - Plié.	Gaurav Shukla	Apr 16, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998