How do I get my contacts back? iOS 6 upgrade ate them

Updating to iOS 6 ate half my contacts! I backed my iPhone up before doing the upgrade.

I did sync to my computer. Don't trust Cloud--it has issues. All the contacts, I think, did eventually reload after a second sync.

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