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CNN: Discussion-activity: Yugoslav president's hold on power

But the flurry of policy initiatives is meant to suggest that young George sometimes kept a copy of the latest Brookings policy paper concealed inside his Playboy, and that he also knew who to call when the homework assignment was due.

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