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PASSAGES 25. UP RISING by ROBERT DUNCAN

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First Line: NOW JOHNSON WOULD GO UP TO JOIN THE GREAT SIMULACRA OF MEN,
Last Line: Now shines from the eye of the president in the swollen head of the nation
Subject(s): WAR; JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES (1908-1973);

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