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AN INTERIM by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: WHILE THE WAR DRAGS ON, ALWAYS WORSE
Last Line: have a medical problem that can be cured / only by freedom
Subject(s): VIETNAMESE CONFLICT (1961-1975); WAR ATROCITIES; SOCIAL COMMENTARIES;
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