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AN INTEGRAL ABSORBENT ARTICLE, SUCH AS DIAPER (10), HAS A LONGITUDINAL ARTICLE LENGTH (26) AND A LATERAL ARTICLE WIDTH (24). THE ARTICLE INCLUDES AN ABSORBENT COMPOSITE (32) HAVING FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINALLY OPPOSED END REGIONS (78) AND (79), AND AT LEAST A FIRST LONGITUDINALLY TERMINAL END EDGE (82). THE ABSORBENT COMPOSITE (32) INLCUDES A SUBSTANTIALLY LIQUID-IMPERMEABLE BACKSHEET LAYER (30), A SUBSTANTIALLY LIQUID PERMEABLE TOPSHEET LAYER (28), AND A RETENTION PORTION (48) SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE BACKSHEET AND TOPSHEET LAYERS. THE RETENTION PORTION (48) HAS LATERALLY OPPOSED TERMINAL SIDE EDGES (49), AND THE ABSORBENT COMPOSITE (32) INCLUDES A PAIR OF LATERALLY OPPOSED SIDE MARGINS (80) WHICH EXTEND LATERALLY BEYOND THE SIDE EDGES (49) OF THE RETENTION PORTION (48). A FIRST BODY PANEL (52) IS JOINED TO THE FIRST LONGITUDINAL END (78) OF THE ABSORBENT COMPOSITE (32). THE FIRST BODY PANEL (52) HAS A BODY SIDE SURFACE (54), AN OUTWARD SURFACE (56), A PANEL LENGTH (58) WHICH IS LESS THAN THE ARTICLE (26), AN OUTBOARD TERMINAL END EDGE (60), AND A RELATIVELY INBOARD TERMINAL END EDGE (62). EACH OF THE SIDE MARGINS (80) OF THE ABSORBENT COMPOSITE (32) IS INWARDLY TURNED TO PROVIDE A TURNED BODYSIDE SURFACE (100) AND A TURNED OUTWARD SIDE SURFACE 102 OF EACH SIDE MARGIN (80). AT LEAST A FIRST PORTION OF THE TURNED BODYSIDE SURFACE (100) OF EACH SIDE MARGIN (80) OF THE ABSORBENT COMPOSITE (32) IS SECURED COMPOSITE (32) IS SECURED TO THE OUTWARD SURFACE (56) OF THE FIRST BODY PANEL (52) WITH A BODY PANEL ATTACHMENT (42).MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING IS
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