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"Africa’s Murderous Professors" by Michael Chege, in The National Interest (Winter 1996–97), 1112 16th St. N.W., Ste. 540, Washington, D.C. 20036.
"East Asia’s Arms Races" and "East Asia’s Militaries Muscle Up" by Michael Klare, in The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (Jan.–Feb. 1997), 6042 S. Kimbark Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60637.
The poetry of Wislawa Szymborska
Selected and introduced by Edward Hirsch
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