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Act One
Book Of Job
Reporter Scott Carrier does a story about Harvey "Job" Matusow. (38 minutes)
Act Two
God Of War
In Vietnam, Jeffrey Harris, with one year of grad school, judged which soldiers stayed and which went home. (15 minutes)
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