A new proof for a nonterminating "strange" hypergeometric evaluation of   Gasper and Rahman
  An elementary proof is given for a nonterminating "strange" cubic $_7F_6$-series summation formula of Gasper and Rahman, through the modified Abel lemma on summation by parts. As a byproduct, an interesting nonterminating $_3F_2({3}/{4})$-series identity conjectured by Gosper, is also rederived. 
Chenying Wang and Xiaojing Chen
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