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The Seventeen Countries
Lebanon's scale should make government intimate; its borders within borders make public life feel like a series of counters, permissions, and local vetoes.
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Lebanon's scale should make government intimate; its borders within borders make public life feel like a series of counters, permissions, and local vetoes.
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