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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Laura Kerwin <<a href="mailto:lkerwin@mit.edu">lkerwin@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: Assistance in promoting Spring 2020 course</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">December 9, 2019 at 12:11:58 PM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SUBJECT: Preregister for required HASS-S course Rise of Asia!<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This spring<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=17.53&style=verbatim&when=*&termleng=4&days_offered=*&start_time=*&duration=*&total_units=*"><span style="color:#954F72">The
Rise of Asia course</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is being taught by Professors<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://polisci.mit.edu/people/richard-samuels"><span style="color:#954F72">Richard Samuels</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://polisci.mit.edu/people/vipin-narang"><span style="color:#954F72">Vipin
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