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The class of 2016 participated in many events for nolympics 2012 during new student week. I bought my first copy as a kid in 1971 and devoured it. Students studying art and design at colleges and universities throughout britain were invited to enter a competition with the royal mint to design two new. The glories and fiascoes, the triumphs and tragediesguttmann weaves them all into a vivid and entertaining social history.
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