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April 1986 Issue
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  • Sudan: A Microcosm of Africa's Ills
    Robert D. Kaplan
  • The Amazon of Peshawar
    John Keegan
  • Do We Need to Be No. 1?
    David M. Gordon
  • My Mother's Clothes: The School of Beauty and Shame
    Richard Mccann
  • Feather Bag, Stick Bag
    Kim R. Stafford
  • Ballistics
    Guy Billout

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