Alternatives to Traditional Family Living

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Alternatives to Traditional Family Living

Manufacturer: Haworth Press
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ASIN: 0917724828

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Incorporating a wealth of new material, here is the riveting story of the bombing raids that broke the back of Nazi Germany, praised as "a well-researched, highly readable account of a B-17 combat crew's experience ... excellent." (Roger A. Freeman, author of The Mighty Eighth)

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Air Force brat.......2007-09-13

Bob Hullar was my father. I was born in 1948 and my Dad went back into the newly formed US Air Force shortly after that and retired as a bird colonel. While my Dad and I were pretty close, he didn't talk much about WWII and what he did. As a kid, I knew that he was a B17 pilot based in England and that he probably dropped a lot of bombs, but that was about it. This book opened up a part of his life to me that I didn't really know and couldn't possibly understand. My mother, Jean, provided a lot of documents, photos and information to the author as he was researching for it. "Half a Wing, Three Engines and Prayer" is very well written and factual, but also manages to convey the incredible dangers these men continually confronted and the courage they must have had to get back into those planes day after day. As I was reading it, I constantly asked myself "Could I have done this?" and "What was I doing at age 25... surely nothing like this!" It helped me to understand my Dad, who remained a quiet, complex man for the rest of his life and gave me a glimpse of what surely was his peak lifetime experience. For anyone who is interested in the World War II and the US Army Air Force, I think it is a must read.
Thanks to the author for undertaking this task and doing such a great job!

No prayers needed.......2007-06-05

It's always a pleasure to find a non-fiction account of any period which is so good you don't want to put it down. Here's an account of the American contribution to the bombing war in the European Theatre of Ops which is truely readable at all levels (no pun intended.) The story concentrates essentially on bombing operations, in a chronological order, explored mainly through the eyes of the bomber crews themselves as recorded in their diaries and wartime interrogations and de-briefings. These experiences are reinforced by solid research into US and German records, just to confirm the men's accounts. The story concentrates mainly on the crews of one bomber group as they go through their tour of duty. But in the process, it recounts what many men saw and did in the air over Germany. This is NOT a statistical account of the US strategic bombing offence. This is an up-close-and-personal account of men at war, trying to beat the odds and survive the full 30 Ops needed to finish a tour and go home. So when planes blow up beside you and Messerschmitts pop out of the clouds behind, you'll discover what it felt like to have your guns jam at the critical moment, to feel enemy cannon shells hammer your airframe, to sense the hand of death at the controls, then to see 'little friends' come racing to the rescue. The paperback edition contains some unpublished aerial photos, and some surprises - like a photo of the first US experiment with flying bombs, which looked like miniature Lightning fighters carried under a B-17s wings. Most of all, this book is a good read - covering lots of action at a ripping pace. It's a good, thick book and well worth the price. I was glad I bought it.

I used this as my book report on it.......2006-06-01

Half a Wing, Three Engines, and a Prayer , written by Brian O'Neal, is the historical account of a B-17 Bomb Wing in Europe during the Second World War. Though many crews and other wings are followed in the book, the central story is that of the 303rd "Hell's Angels" Bomb Group and the B-17 crew of Lt. Bob Hullar. The period covered is from training in 1942 to combat over Europe from 1943 to 1944.

Though several previous histories of Air Combat in World War II had been written, few had given the full perspective of the individual bomber crew. For B-17s, this consisted of 10 men, 3 of whom were officers and the rest enlisted. Together they flew the airplane, operated navigation instruments and radios, sighted and dropped the payload, and used machine guns to fend off attacks from enemy aircraft along the way. Often noted by the book was the fact that nearly 25% of these air crews would never return from the European Theater of Operations.

The crews of the 303rd Bomb Group began their training for the most part in 1942, following the American entry into World War II. These men came from all walks of life and trained at bases all across the country before being assembled at a base in Washington for their final phase of training, where they trained as the crew they'd be a part of in Europe. From there, they were sent to England, where the 303rd was based as part of the strategic bombing campaign of the 8th Air Force against occupied Europe and Nazi Germany. The Group operated the four-engined B-17 "Flying Fortress", and crews typically flew different airplanes during their tour in Europe, which required 25 missions to be completed. Bob Hullar's crew would fly no less than 10 different aircraft during their tour, several of which were later destroyed, rendered irreparable by damage, and one of which had to be ditched in the English Channel.

O'Neal relied heavily on interviews from members of the crews, particularly that of Bob Hullar. Each chapter of the book is devoted to a mission flown during the Hullar crew's tour, their targets ranging from coastal towns in France to large industrial cities deep in the heart of Germany. Likewise, the missions varied from somewhat un-remarkable to enormous aerial battles and fierce anti-aircraft fire. Regardless of the target, however, every mission posed extraordinary danger to the crews who flew on them. They remained in constant fear of their own destruction, and this perhaps played a role in how well the individual crew members could remember the particulars of each mission decades after it occurred. When events could not be correlated with the accounts of the crew's, O'Neal turned to the official records of the 303rd Bomb Group and even those of the German Luftwaffe to determine what actually occurred during the air battles documented in the book.

The story of the American Amry Air Force in Europe was first made famous by the story of the crew of the Memphis Belle, which was the first B-17 to complete 25 missions and served as the platform for a now famous documentary on the subject, made during the war. Since that time numerous documentaries and books have been produced on the subject, making it one of the more well understood aspects of the war in Europe.

Overall, one learns a great deal from the individual accounts that are contained in the book. They give an eye-witness view to the carnage and fast-paced action that occurred thousands of feet above the earth during the air war, and offer a glimpse into how it actually felt to be caught in the middle of this. One is surprised to learn the ineffectiveness that often plagued American bombing missions, which frequently missed their intended target or did little damage, despite the involvement of hundreds of airplanes for each mission. At times there were well over a thousand aircraft, both bombers and fighters, engaged in accomplishing these missions. The crew of Bob Hullar , one finds out, was lucky to survive the slaughter that took place at 25,000 feet on an almost daily basis, and the story of the air war in Half a Wing, Three Engines, and a Prayer is forever memorable because of it.

A Classic........2004-05-18

Whether this is your introduction to daylight bomber operations over Europe, or you've read hundreds of accounts, Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer will not disappoint. What really sets this book apart from a typical account, is that O'Neill has managed to get the entire crew's recollections mission by mission. Each individual's perspective is different, and taken as a whole provides a remarkably complete picture of life on a B-17 crew during the most intense period of air combat in the ETO. You will be hard pressed to find a better book on the subject.

A great read..........2003-12-24

This book is highly informative. My father, a B-17 Bombardier in the 8th Air Force apprecitated the authenticity of this book. Well written without the Hollywood fluff.

Maritime Terror: Protecting Your Vessel and Your Crew Against Piracy

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A great modern pirate manual

Maritime Terror: Protecting Your Vessel and Your Crew Against Piracy
Jim Gray , Mark Monday , and Gary Stubblefield
Manufacturer: Paladin Press
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ASIN: 1581600151

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Piracy remains a very real problem in many areas, and today's pirates are more audacious and violent than ever. This manual offers modern seamen -- from ship captains to yacht owners -- sound advice on thwarting a range of threats, from stowaways to political terrorists. Drawing on naval and SEAL team training, the authors offer guidance on every aspect of maritime defense, from detection to deterrence to specific methods of repelling attackers while minimizing casualties and damage to the vessel.

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mostly news digest.......2003-06-23

This bok described the problem but has few practical ideas

A great modern pirate manual.......1999-03-14

Modern piracy has a few rare case every one knows of the 1985 indent of the Achille Lauro case. But there have been other case to witch include hijacking and muder. A great book.

Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate (Texas A&m University Military History)

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History as it should be written
AKAs
Exceptional Book
A work horse, not a show horse.
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Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate (Texas A&m University Military History)
Thomas E. Crew
Manufacturer: Texas A&M University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1585445568

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The first authoritative history of any of the more than 350 attack transports or attack cargo ships of World War II, Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate contains gripping combat narratives alongside the sometimes heartwarming, sometimes tragic details of daily life on board the ships of Transport Squadron 17 during the waning days of World War II.

Author Thomas E. Crew interviewed over fifty veterans of the Tate, including all her surviving officers. Crew weaves a rich tapestry of voices, combining it with extensive analysis of the Tate's daily action reports and ship's logs, accented by lively letters of the period from private collections--including previously unpublished accounts of the last days of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle.

Crew also presents a rare unit-level perspective of joint operations involving the infantry fighting ashore and the navy transports that sustained them with their vital combat cargo. The resulting richly illustrated work presents perhaps the most comprehensive account to date of the experiences and courageous contributions of those who served on amphibious transports during World War II.

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History as it should be written.......2007-07-22

A fine tribute to those who served in our Amphibious Forces.
This is a very well researched book about the men who served on our Amphibious Ships during WWII. The detail can't be found in any other source. It's not just the story of one ship, it's the story of all the ships that helped win the war.
In addition to being incredibly well researched it is very readable and a must read of those who served, their families and those who want to learn about this part of our history.
Russ Padden - Webmaster for Amphibious Forces of WWII

AKAs.......2007-05-16

I served on an AKA (USS Yancey AKA-83) during the Korean War. I am the historian for the Yancey and found the story of the Tate similar to the Yancey's experience during WW2. The Yancey was in commission for about 25 years was a part of Antartic expedition (Natl Geo.Oct 47'), the Korean War, the Cuban blockade and was in both the Pacfic and Atlantic fleet. I was very pleased to read about the day to day experiences of the AKAs in the Tate story

Exceptional Book.......2007-03-24

I was an officer on one of the USS Tate's sister ships in the early 1960's, and I'm in contact with numerous shipmates from WWII. This book presents an accurate account of life aboard an attack cargo ship. Additionally, it gives interesting and informative accounts of the amphibious landing support mission in the Pacific. No other book has ever done either of these, though the famous "Away All Boats" dealt well with shipboard life in a fictional way. Combat Loaded is well-written from both the historic and human point of view. I read every word of it, and I found it hard to put down.

A work horse, not a show horse........2007-03-11

First, in the interest of full disclosure, let me first say that my father served on this ship, so please excuse me for being being a "homer" on this one. Ships such as the Tate and sailors like Dad played an important role in keeping many ships (battleships, carriers, etc") supplied and attacking the enemy. The designation AKA was funny in that the A stood for "attack", which means they had at least one gun.

Tom has done a great job of shedding light on a group of WWII's unsung heros, who faced the same enemy attacks as some of the better known Navel elements. Enjoy the book.

The Backbone of the Navy.......2007-02-04

This is a very good perspective of the amphibious transport ships of World War 2, in particular the USS Tate. These ships provided all the supplies and support for the Army and Marines hitting the beaches in the Pacific; without them, they would not have been able to fight their way off the beach, and the war in the Pacific would have been lost.

The author has done a fine job of blending the personal stories of the crewmen of the Tate with the history of the invasions of the Japanese home islands of Ie Shima and Okinawa, and the postwar duties of the ship in China.

For those of you tired of reading about aircraft carriers, subs, and battleships and are looking for the unsung heroes of the war, get this book.

Final Assault on the Rising Sun: Combat Diaries of B-29 Air Crews over Japan

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Final Assault on the Rising Sun: Combat Diaries of B-29 Air Crews over Japan
Chester W. Marshall , and Warren Thompson
Manufacturer: Specialty Press Publishers & Wholesalers
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Combat Crew: A True Story of Flying and Fighting in World War II

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Combat Crew: A True Story of Flying and Fighting in World War II
John Comer
Manufacturer: Texian Pr
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A GRIPPING TALE OF WWII AERIAL COMBAT

Combat Crew
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Manufacturer: Pocket
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Top military book.......2005-11-19

Excellent personal account of B17 bombing over Europe. Combat Crews experienced the highest casualty rate of any group of military combats in WWII.
One of the best war books I've read.
Also recommend "From the Old Breed" , "Flyboy" and "Once an Eagle"
DDM

A GRIPPING TALE OF WWII AERIAL COMBAT.......1999-03-06

IF YOU WANT TO FIND AN ACCURATE, GRIPPING BOOK ABOUT 1ST PERSON AERIAL COMBAT LOOK NO FURTHER

A Personal Guide for Cabin and Cockpit Self Defense

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Would not recommend

A Personal Guide for Cabin and Cockpit Self Defense
Sergeant David D. Cortez
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1420862383

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This book outlines a variety of self defense related issues. First it recognizes terrorism profound impact on the flight industry and the American way of life. Secondly, it draws informal parallels between the current flight industry and our system of policing while defining some terrorist methods of operations. Moreover, the book addresses a need foi a change in attitude and purpose as it relates to flight personnel. Varied issues involving fear, emotional control, legality,personal attitudes, edged weapons defenses, and personal weapons, are delineated in this book.. What''s more, realistic self-defense measures are clarified for Cabin and Cockpit Defense. This book is a classic "HOW TO" on Self-Defense and a must read for airline personnel, police and the military.

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Would not recommend.......2006-09-26

Did not even remotely meet my expectations for Cabin & Cockpit Self Defense. Horribly published as well, misspelled words, photos out of sequence.

Airplanes, Combat and Maintenance Crews, and Air Bases (The WWII and Early Cold War Architectural Legacy of Holloman AFB (ca. 1942-1962), Holloman AFB Cultural Resources Publication No. 6)

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Airplanes, Combat and Maintenance Crews, and Air Bases (The WWII and Early Cold War Architectural Legacy of Holloman AFB (ca. 1942-1962), Holloman AFB Cultural Resources Publication No. 6)
Martyn D. Tagg , Sonya Cooper , and Jean Fulton
Manufacturer: Holloman AFB
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ASIN: B000SDRHPA

The Art of Wing Leadership: Exploring the Influences of Aircrew Morale in Combat (Cadre Paper, No. 11)

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The Art of Wing Leadership: Exploring the Influences of Aircrew Morale in Combat (Cadre Paper, No. 11)
John J. Zentner
Manufacturer: Air Univ Pr
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ASIN: 1585660906

Assessing the Effectiveness of the Battlefield Combat Identification System

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Assessing the Effectiveness of the Battlefield Combat Identification System

Manufacturer: Storming Media
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Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423542991

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A724863. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: The Battlefield Combat Identification System (BCIS) was developed at the direction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff following the Gulf War to address the problem of direct fire fratricide. The system is designed to improve target identification and increase situational awareness for ground combat forces. The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether BCIS improves combat effectiveness. Additionally, this thesis provides a simulation tool that is utilized to assess the effectiveness of BCIS variants. The experiment involves a simulation executed in Simkit simulating an M1A1 tank company performing two doctrinal missions (defense and movement to contact) under three different cases: without BCIS, with BCIS equipped for target identification only, and with BCIS equipped with a digital data link. The measures of performance are the loss exchange ratio as a measure of lethality and the fratricide ratio as a measure of fratricide incidents. Results of the analysis indicate that BCIS does improve combat effectiveness. Specifically, BCIS increases lethality and reduces fratricide over non BCIS equipped units. BCIS equipped with a digital data link did not provide an increase over baseline BCIS.

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Due to the timing of its publication, Unfit for Command could be dismissed as the sort of controversial, loaded book typical in a presidential election year: Either courageous and necessary, or untruthful and malicious, depending on one's political point of view. Filled with interviews of men who served in Vietnam at the same time as John Kerry, the book poses the following question: "Why do an overwhelming majority of those who commanded or served with John Kerry oppose him?" (Note that the issue of "service" has sparked investigation into its definition--in other words, just how close was the interaction between Kerry and those cited in the book during Kerry's Vietnam tour of duty?)

The charges leveled against Kerry in this book are severe and include filing false operating reports; lobbying for and receiving three Purple Hearts for minor wounds, two of which were self-inflicted; receiving a Silver Star under false pretenses; offering false confessions of bogus war crimes in both print and testimony; and recklessness in the field, including the burning of a village without cause or direct order. The book also claims that Kerry left Vietnam after serving just four months instead of the usual one year tour and that he returned home and accused his fellow soldiers of atrocities without offering any evidence, endangering POWs in the process.

It is debatable whether the book will change any minds, or votes. Instead, readers will likely reach one of two conclusions: Either John Kerry grossly misrepresented his military service or the authors are spinning the interviews that they conducted for ulterior motives. There is a third option, however; readers will further investigate both sides of the debate, and by doing so, may reach conclusions independent of partisan extremes. --Brian Neff

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A shocking indictment of John Kerry by some of the men who knew him best.

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Riveting Revelations .......2007-10-04

This book took guts to write--Not many would have the courage to speak out publically about such a powerful man. My hat's off to the writers of this book.

A Good Read Before the 2004 Election.......2007-03-09

I'm glad I read this book before the 2004 election. I'm a Vietnam era vet, but I had forgotten many of the events covered in this book. It was eye-opening to realize that the guy most of us thought of as a traitor back then, is now pawning himself off as a war hero and presidential material. It was good to see Mr. Kerry pay for the sins of his youth.

Whose Kidding Who?.......2007-02-01

America knows characters the likes of John Kerry! No surprise here!

Unfit for Command.......2007-01-11

I know in our world there are two stories to all conditions in life but if half of this book is true then John Kerry should not be in public office. What a disgrace to all service members who served our great country. He should placed on the same list as Jane Fonda.

Never more timely than it is today..........2006-11-02

God Bless Swift Boat. This book was a blessing when it came out, and it truly is a testament to this "man's" character today as it was then. As Kerry, who still can't come to terms with the fact that America simply did not want his sorry excuse for a life to lead this fine country, tries to figure out how to dig himself out of the hole in which he has dug himself by stating that the men and women of our nation's Armed Services (myself included, as I am a Captain in the USMC) are uneducated nitwits "stuck in Iraq,"....well, there is nothing more relevant than this treatise to serve as an example why this piece of garbage should never have been, nor should ever be, our Commander in Chief. It is clear that his contempt of the men and women of the military runs deep, just as deep as it did when he returned from Vietnam and began holding hands with Hanoi Jane.

I take great issue with his recent comments. Above all else that this so-called "man" represents and claims to represent, the bottom line is that he is a bonafide loser. He can't get past that, nor accept it. To degrade our nation's finest in the manner he did is simply atrocious, above and beyond being outright incorrect. Sure, it was a "joke" that went wrong. Whatever you say Johnny boy. It was clear to all what you meant and, more importantly, what you actually SAID.

But, I must heartily shake your hand for one thing. The one thing you seem to have accomplished is that you single-handedly set the Dems back even further for the upcoming election, just days away. Great job. Leave it to Kerry to do such a job. You know you've done wrong when you have the likes of Billy and Hilly rushing in to beg you to apologize...yet even still, you chose not to do so publicly, but simply, coward that you are, post a little note on your website. Pathetic. Thank GOD this trash was so devastingly beaten and never had a chance. He never will. He simply cannot see what lies right beneath him, and trips over his own feet simply by being the idiot that he is. He's an arrogant, petty, stupid, whining, petulant little man, who will be resigned to the footnotes of history as nothing more than the penultimate loser of a bid to the White House.

God bless the United States of America, God Bless our troops both home and abroad, and SEMPER FI.

Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry

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Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry
John E. O'Neill; Jerome R. Corsi
Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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ASIN: B000R0YUXG

Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry (Unabridged)

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Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry (Unabridged)
Corsi, John, Jerome R. O'Neill
Manufacturer: audible.com
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ASIN: B0006IU3ZS

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This digital document is an article from E Semanal, published by Servicios Editoriales Sayrols S.A. de C.V. on March 19, 2001. The length of the article is 2076 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Hummingbird busca 15 distribuidores.(TT: Hummingbird in the search for 15 distributors.)(Artículo Breve)(Entrevista) : An article from: E Semanal

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Hummingbird busca 15 distribuidores.(TT: Hummingbird in the search for 15 distributors.)(Artículo Breve)(Entrevista) : An article from: E Semanal
Fausto Alatorre Betancourt
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This digital document is an article from E Semanal, published by Servicios Editoriales Sayrols S.A. de C.V. on January 22, 2001. The length of the article is 692 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Author: Fausto Alatorre Betancourt
Publication: E Semanal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 22, 2001
Publisher: Servicios Editoriales Sayrols S.A. de C.V.
Volume: 17 Issue: 440 Page: 24

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