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the Friend INDEPENDENT QUAKER JOURNALISM SINCE 1843

CONTENTS VOL 169 NO 12 3 Marching against the cuts 4 Opposition to the census grows 5 Britishush Noncensus William Bullin 6 Are we scared? Jill Allum 7 Ageism Mary Brown 8-9 Letters 10-11 Peacebuilding in the

Rwenzori Mountains John Lampen 12-13 Rowntree visionaries:

Carne Ross Rosemary Hartill 14 Friends together David Boulton 15 Drawing infinity Anita Thistlethwaite 16 Q-eye 17 Friends & Meetings

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