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		| Paper: | 
		Green --- Not Grey | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		336, COSMIC ABUNDANCES as Records of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis in honor of David L. Lambert | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		289 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Lambert, D.L. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		A miscellany of thoughts gathered before, during and after the meeting is assembled here. I attempt to illustrate the extraordinary range in observing tools that has become available since I took my first steps in 1960 towards the field of cosmic abundances. Serendipity is highlighted as a source of particular delight for observers. A commentary on the apparent discrepancies between the 6Li and 7Li abundances of metal-poor dwarfs on the Spite plateau is presented to show the breadth of disciplines that may be gathered under the umbrella represented by a single problem in spectroscopic astrophysics involving cosmic abundances. | 
	 
	
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