Try Googling with
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also
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/?050912fr_archive01
http://etd02.lnx390.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-1106103-132359/unrestricted/01Text.pdf
http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/essays/tpnoseries02.html
http://nola.live.advance.net/washingaway/corps_1.html
Thanks!