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Powell's Daily Book Reviews: Review-a-Day for Fri, Jul 30: The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:01 PST; Review-a-Day for Thu, Jul 29: The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:01 PST; Review-a-Day for Wed, Jul 28: Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:01 PST; [see more]

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World News From BBC: Coroner raises rail safety fears Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:26:39 +0000; UK soldiers push to clear Taliban Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:48 +0000; BP boss scaling back oil effort Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:07:23 +0000; [see more]

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