#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
char str[100];
int result[100];
int result2[100];
while(gets(str))
{
memset(result, 0, sizeof(result));
memset(result2, 0, sizeof(result2));
int len = strlen(str);
//形如aba
for(int i = 1; i < len; ++i)
{
for(int j = 1; j < i; j++)
{
if(str[i-j] == str[i+j])
{
result[i]++;
}
else
{
//一定要break
break;
}
}
}
//形如abba
for(int i = 1; i < len; ++i)
{
for(int j = 0; j < i; j++)
{
if(str[i-j] == str[i+j+1])
{
result2[i]++;
}
else
{
break;
}
}
}
int max_num = 0;
int index = 0;
int flag = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
{
if(result[i] > max_num)
{
index = i;
max_num = result[i];
flag = 1;
}
}
for(int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
{
if(result2[i] > max_num)
{
index = i;
max_num = result2[i];
flag = 2;
}
}
if(flag == 1)
{
for(int i = 0; i< 2*max_num+1; i++)
{
cout<<str[index-max_num+i];
}
cout<<endl;
}
else
{
for(int i = 0; i< 2*max_num; i++)
{
cout<<str[index-max_num+i+1];
}
cout<<endl;
}
}
return 0;
}