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150px; width: 130px;" height="150" width="130" class="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180303191033im_/http://www.mcgill.ca/about/files/about/images/maudeabbot-painting.png" alt="McGill University, 1919-1960"/></a></p> </div> <div class="five-column-4"> <p style="text-align:center"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180303191033/http://www.mcgill.ca/about/history/1961-1990"><strong><big>1961–1990</big></strong></a><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180303191033/http://www.mcgill.ca/about/history/1961-1990"><img style="height: 150px; width: 133px;" height="150" width="133" class="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180303191033im_/http://www.mcgill.ca/about/files/about/images/leonard_cohen-timeline.jpg" alt="McGill University, 1961-1990"/></a></p> </div> <div class="five-column-5"> <p style="text-align:center"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20180303191033/http://www.mcgill.ca/about/history/1991-present"><strong><big>1991–Present</big></strong></a><a 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