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-# LevelEd - A Pure Erlang Key-Value store
+# LevelEd - An Erlang Key-Value store
 
 ## Introduction
 
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-# LevelEd - A  Log-Structured Merge Tree
+# LevelEd - A Log-Structured Merge Tree
 
 The following section is a brief overview of some of the motivating factors behind developing LevelEd.