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Story: Introduction to Speech

by Ron Carlson

The Harpers Monthly, December 2004, pp. 80-86

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    13. Story: Introduction to Speech by Ron Carlson, pp. 80-86
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      1. Colossus: The Price of America's Empire by Niall Ferguson
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    18. Findings, pp. 100-102
    19. Cover: "Herotown I" (detail) by Jason Salavon
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