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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ each library.
 <br><a href="#Latest News">Latest News</a> gives a capsule history of recent
 releases.
 <br><a href="more/download.html">
-Download</a>&nbsp; gives download and installation information.
+Download</a> gives download and installation information.
 <br><a href="status/compiler_status.html">
 Compiler Status</a> tells what
 library works with which compiler.
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ what's permissible and what isn't in mailing list postings.
 discussions of both technical and site-related issues, and to participate in
 formal reviews of proposed libraries. Discussions can be received via email in summary or in full, or
 viewed online via a web browser. We use the <a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com">YahooGroups</a>
-list hosting service. Subscribe or unsubscribe by sending email to <a href="mailto:boost-subscribe@yahoogroups.com">boost-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</a>&nbsp;
+list hosting service. Subscribe or unsubscribe by sending email to <a href="mailto:boost-subscribe@yahoogroups.com">boost-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</a>
 or <a href="mailto:boost-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com">boost-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com</a>
-respectively, or go to the <a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/list/boost">mailing list home page</a>.&nbsp; Dave Abrahams,
-Beman Dawes, and Jens Maurer are the list
+respectively, or go to the <a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/list/boost">mailing list home page</a>. Dave Abrahams,
+Darin Adler, Beman Dawes, John Maddock, and Jens Maurer are the list
 moderators.</p>
 <p>Boost also has a low-volume <a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/list/boost-announce">announce-only
 mailing list</a> which announces upcoming formal reviews and software releases.</p>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ with any concerns you don't want to just post to the mailing list.</p>
 <h2><a name="Rationale">Rationale</a></h2>
 <p>Boost was begun by members of the <a href="http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/">C++
 Standards Committee</a> Library Working Group to provide free peer-reviewed
-portable libraries to the C++ community.&nbsp; An additional objective is to
+portable libraries to the C++ community. An additional objective is to
 establish &quot;existing practice&quot; and provide reference implementations so
 that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. The intent is to propose many of these libraries for inclusion in the
 upcoming C++
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Standard Library Technical Report.</p>
     <a href="libs/utility/utility.htm">Utility Library</a>. Support for the base
     from member idiom, from Daryle Walker.</li>
     <li><a href="libs/bind/bind.html">B</a><a href="libs/bind/bind.html">ind</a> and
-      <a href="libs/bind/mem_fn.html"> mem_fn</a> added - Generalized binders for function/object/pointers and member functions, from Peter
+      <a href="libs/bind/mem_fn.html">mem_fn</a> added - Generalized binders for function/object/pointers and member functions, from Peter
       Dimov.</li>
   <li><a href="libs/array/index.htm">Array Library</a>: Minor updates,
   from Nico Josuttis.</li>
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ Formal Review Schedule</a>  added. Shows current, future, and recent past review
 <p>April 24, 2001 - Version 1.21.2
 <ul>
   <li><a href="libs/compatibility/index.html">Compatibility Library</a>
-    added:&nbsp; Help for non-conforming standard libraries missing CXX headers from Ralf
+    added: Help for non-conforming standard libraries missing CXX headers from Ralf
     Grosse-Kunstleve, and help for missing standard library &lt;limits&gt;
-    header from Jens Maurer. (These are unreviewed&nbsp; implementation
+    header from Jens Maurer. (These are unreviewed implementation
     libraries, treated as maintenance steps only.)</li>
   <li><a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>: Split into separate headers, updated documentation, added lagged_fibonacci generator.</li>
   <li><a href="libs/integer/index.htm">Integer Library</a>: Minor portability update.</li>
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Formal Review Schedule</a>  added. Shows current, future, and recent past review
 </ul>
 <p>March 14, 2001 - Version 1.21.1</p>
 <ul>
-  <li>New <a href="more/download.html">download page</a>.&nbsp; The .zip and .tar.gz
+  <li>New <a href="more/download.html">download page</a>. The .zip and .tar.gz
     files now live on the SourceForge ftp site.</li>
   <li><a href="libs/graph/doc/index.html">Graph Library</a>: Minor docs fixes.</li>
   <li><a href="libs/python/doc/index.html">Python Library</a>: Minor docs fixes.</li>