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      "title":"Mozilla Developer Network"
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      "title":"Financial Times IE8 polyfill"
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    "1":"IE<=8 instead only supports the [proprietary `.attachEvent()` method](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536343%28VS.85%29.aspx). It also does not support the [capture phase](http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#event-flow) of DOM event dispatch; it only supports event bubbling.",
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