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Exchange with Alan Dershowitz about Exchanging Scholarship (1999)

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1. Alan Dershowitz to R. Lamm

1. Alan Dershowitz to R. Lamm (Feb. 16, 1999)

1. Alan Dershowitz to R. Lamm (Feb. 16, 1999)

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