1. In [51]: from elementtree import ElementTree as et
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  3. In [52]: s
  4. Out[52]: '<p>blah <b>bleh</b> blih</p>'
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  6. In [53]: t=et.fromstring(s)
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  8. In [54]: " ".join( [ t.tostring() for t in t.findall('*') ] )
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  10. <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>        Traceback (most recent call last)
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  12. /home/jv/KnowledgeMate/KnowledgeMate/<ipython console> in <module>()
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  14. <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: _ElementInterface instance has no attribute 'tostring'
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