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color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S shift:(25,0) # shift texts up or down manually to avoid overlap from:start till:1998 shift:(,15) text:Creation_of_ICANN from:1998 till:1999 shift:(,5) text:Testbed_Registrars color:green from:1999 till:2016 shift:(10) text:IANA_Functions_Contract_with_NTIA color:purple from:2002 till:2005 shift:(,5) text:Evolution_and_Reform color:blue from:2007 till:2022 shift:(5) text:Seemingly_Infinite_ICANN Reviews from:2008 till:2012 shift:(,5) text:Preparation_&_Launch_of_New gTLD Program from:2012 till:2017 shift:(,-12) text:New gTLD Program* from:2018 till:2022 shift:(,4) text:Streamlining_ICANN Reviews from:2019 till:end shift:(10) text:Evolving_the_Multistakeholder Model
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