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How JD Salinger’s Experience of WWII Suffused All of His Writing, Even Catcher in the Rye

Among the things troops carried with them on the battlefields of World War II was the “heart shield bible”—a pocket-sized, government-issued book of scripture, sometimes with a metal cover, that fit snugly in a G.I.’s standard-issue shirt pocket. In at

How JD Salinger’s Experience of WWII Suffused All of His Writing, Even Catcher in the Rye

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#SHOWBIZ: A harrowing one-way journey

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WITH promises of lucrative overseas jobs circulating on social media these days, ‘Tiket Sehala’ arrives as a chilling reminder that not every opportunity leads to a better life.

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