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ABSTRACT

1.CASE STUDIES: THE MILKY WAY GCS

2.INTERLUDE: SYSTEMIC PROPERTIES IN OTHER GALAXIES
2.1.Specific Frequencies
2.2.Metallicity Distributions
2.3.Luminosity and Mass Distributions

3.CASE STUDIES: NGC 5128

4.CASE STUDIES: NGC 4472 AND M87
4.1.Velocities and Kinematics
4.2.MDFs and Specific Frequencies: How Many Components?
4.3.Merger Scenarios
4.4.Accretion Scenarios

5.CASE STUDIES: THE BRIGHTEST CLUSTER ELLIPTICALS
5.1.The Role of the Halo Gas: Understanding High SN
5.2.The Coma Ellipticals: New Anomalies and Challenges

6.A BRIEF SYNTHESIS

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