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The authors study the boundary value problem \[ {\ddot x}(t)=a(t,x,{\dot x}){\dot x}+b(t,x,{\dot x})x+c(t), \] \[ \lim_{t\to-\infty}x(t)=\lim_{t\to\infty}x(t),\,\,\, \lim_{t\to-\infty}{\dot x}(t)=\lim_{t\to\infty}{\dot x}(t), \] where \(a,b\: {\mathbb R}^3\to {\mathbb R}\), and \(c\: {\mathbb R}\to {\mathbb R}\) are continuous functions. Under suitable assumptions on the growth at infinity of \(a,b,c\), the authors prove the existence of solutions of the above boundary value problem by using the Bohnenblust-Karlin fixed-point theorem for multivalued mappings and a compactness criterion developed by the first author in [Ann. Mat. Pura Appl., IV. Ser. 81, 147--168 (1969; Zbl 0196.10701); Abstr. Appl. Anal. 7, No. 1, 1--27 (2002; Zbl 1009.34025)].