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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THIS COLUMN CAN ONLY BE READ BY REGION ONE COMPUTERS

By | September 2005

There are people who read this column who don’t live in America. They may possibly buy into the stereotype that all Americans are ignorant and dismissive of foreign culture. They are wrong. Not all Americans are that way, but most are…

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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THIS COLUMN CAN ONLY BE READ BY REGION ONE COMPUTERS

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