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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://plymouth.worldcat.org/oclc/25706830 Title: The lobbyists : how influence peddlers get their way in Washington Author: Jeffrey H Birnbaum Publisher: New York : Times Books, ©1992. ISBN/ISSN: 0812920864 9780812920864 OCLC:25706830

  
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