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Number 6</b></FONT></center>
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Countering Terrorism: The Clash of Values</B></A>
<DD><I>By Ralph L. Keeney</I>
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<DD><I>By Peter R. Horner</I>
<DD>Cruising along at 75, Saul I. Gass has done just about everything in his 50-year careeräexcept slow down
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