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10. Crow, 18.
11. Ibid., 60.
12. Ibid., 60.
13. Ibid., 62.
14. Ibid., 242.
15. Ibid., 217.
16. Ibid., 223.
17. Ibid., 235.
18. Ibid., 241.
19. Ibid., 137.
20. Ibid., 138.