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@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ var othello = NYPL.create({
 
     <p>
       Web applications often provide linkable, bookmarkable, shareable URLs for
-      imporant locations in the app. Until recently, hash fragments 
+      important locations in the app. Until recently, hash fragments 
       (<tt>#page</tt>) were used to provide these permalinks, but with the 
       arrival of the History API, it's now possible to use standard URLs (<tt>/page</tt>).
       <b>Backbone.Router</b> provides methods for routing client-side pages, and