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initiation
introduction
intro
opening
opening remarks
preface
beginning
commencement
essentials
exordium
foreword
lead-in
overture
preamble
preliminaries
prelude
primer
prolegomenon
prologue
first taste
precis
digest
abstract
condensation
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The ____ is a stand-alone statement that can summarize the overall idea of the paper.