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+ + Nation. 82: 262. Mr. 29, ’06. 480w. N. Y. Times. 11: 28. Ja. 13, ’06. 350w.
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Davis, John Patterson. Corporations: a study of the origin and development of the great business combinations and their relation to the authority of the state. 2v. **$4.50. Putnam.