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HHSC 156 Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
1 semester hours
Companion lab course to HHSC 155 .
Laboratory, 4 hours.
Corequisite: HHSC 155 .
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HHSC 160 Principles of Athletic Training
3 semester hours
Provides knowledge in prevention, care and treatment practices relating to activities and the physical conditioning of the physically active. Serves as an introduction to pathology, signs and symptoms recognition, and management procedures of common injuries.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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HHSC 255 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
3 semester hours
Continuation of comprehensive coverage of anatomy and physiology for the pre-health professions major. Topics include blood, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: HHSC 155 .
Corequisite: HHSC 256 .
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HHSC 256 Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
1 semester hours
Companion lab course to HHSC 255 .
Laboratory, 4 hours.
Corequisite: HHSC 255 .
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HHSC 310 Test and Measurements
3 semester hours
Study of measurement techniques and instruments, descriptive and inferential statistics and evaluation procedures in human performance. Assessment of cognitive, physical, and motor domains through test construction, administration, and interpretation are the central content areas of the course. An original research proposal including statistical design is required.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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HHSC 311 Test and Measurement Lab
1 semester hours
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HHSC 320 Obesity and Behavior
3 semester hours
This course will examine how body composition, endocrinology, and obesity-related tissue inflammation relate to chronic disease. Special emphasis on the burden of chronic disease in medically underserved communities, as well as disparities in nutritional options and opportunities for physical activity. This course will integrate a service-learning component in disease prevention and health promotion to foster culturally and environmentally appropriate application of theory in public health.
Prerequisites: ; or .
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HHSC 321 Obesity and Behavior Lab
1 semester hours
Companion lab course to HHSC 320. Laboratory and fieldwork experiences to provide training in characterizing the burden of obesity-related diseases within a target population. Special emphasis on body composition and biomarkers.
Corequisite: .
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HHSC 322 Public Health
3 semester hours
This course will emphasize the role of built, social, and political environments as determinants of public health in geographic communities and among communities of workers. Provides an overview of population dynamics (growth/decline, distribution, fertility, morbidity, migration, maternal and child health). Includes occupational and community-level assessment of medical risks, pollution, sanitation, disability, injury, and death. Will also address primary occupational hazards and the potential for direct and indirect impact on the health of surrounding communities.
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HHSC 331 Medical Nutrition Therapy Laboratory
1 semester hours
Methods of nutritional assessment will be learned while utilizing the Nutrition Care Process for developing diagnoses. Students will conduct biochemical tests commonly used by dietitians to evaluate nutritional status. This course requires hands-on application of nutritional principles for use in preventing or treating various medical conditions. Pathologies of the cardiovascular, hematological, endocrine systems and more will be covered in relationship to dietary assessment and status.
Prerequisites: , , and or .
Corequisite: .
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HHSC 334 Sports Medicine Teaching Workshop
3 semester hours
The course focuses on taking the knowledge that students have gained in their major and implementing it in a community-based learning setting at Westchester Enriches Sciences Magnet High School.
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HHSC 336 Nutrition Service Learning Lab
1 semester hours
Advanced analysis of nutritional science topics including food safety, accessibility to healthy food, diet analysis, and food quality, especially in its relationship to health and chronic disease. Matters of hunger and poverty will be discussed in this community-based learning course which requires organized service, guided reflection, and critical analysis.
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HHSC 342 Peer Health Education
3 semester hours
This course is designed to challenge and expand the students’ beliefs and perceptions about health and wellness through active discussion and exercises in introspection. Students will receive current information on the most pressing and relevant issues related to the college population including general wellness, public health issues (current and future), nutrition/exercise, sexual health and identity, body image/eating disorders, stress management, sexual assault, and substance abuse (alcohol and drugs). Students will research and present on a health related topic to enhance their presentation and communication skills.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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HHSC 344 Global and Community Health
3 semester hours
This course will address all different kinds of health issues in the local community and around the globe. Global and Community Health will address issues on LMU’s campus, in Los Angeles, in the United States, and in other regions of the world. These aspects of health include physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, and emotional. The primary topics will be health promotion, disease prevention, health systems, consumer health issues, communicable diseases, and chronic health problems. Each of these issues will be addressed from the perspective of each of the communities previously stated. Critical thinking will be a major component of this course, and ethical and environmental considerations will also be addressed. The topics will be timely and applicable to current health concerns around the globe. There will also be a focus on health promotion and how best to address the health concerns in the variety of communities discussed.
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HHSC 350 Exercise for Special Populations
3 semester hours
This course is designed for the future allied health professionals who would like to further their knowledge in the area of appropriate physical activity management for individuals with disabilities and chronic diseases. The course will cover, but is not limited to, the following topics: ADA and CA public school law, disability etiquette, etiology, epidemiology and pathophysiology of various chronic diseases and disabilities, role of physical activity in lives of persons with disabilities/chronic diseases. The course will include a community based learning component.
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HHSC 376 Strength Physiology Assessment Laboratory
1 semester hours
This course is meant to provide students with experiences in exercise technique, assessment, and instruction methodology. Students will gain the requisite applied skills and experiences necessary to become recognized by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).
Corequisite: HHSC 375 .
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HHSC 385 Motor Development
3 semester hours
A study of motor, physical, and neuromuscular development from prenatal periods to mature age.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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HHSC 398 Special Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
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HHSC 403 Senior Seminar in Athletic Training
1 semester hours
Preparation for the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification Exam. Attention will be focused on a review of the NATA Athletic Training Educational Competencies. Pharmacological issues as they pertain to athletic performance will be addressed.
Prerequisite: HHSC 401 .
Corequisite: HHSC 402 .
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HHSC 412 Administration in Sports Medicine
3 semester hours
Addresses organization and administration of athletic training programs both in athletic training rooms and clinical sites. Areas such as building a facility, legal issues, staffing, budgeting, insurance, computer use, record keeping, emergency care planning, and public relations will be discussed.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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HHSC 413 Medical Bioethics
3 semester hours
Bioethics is a field of study directed to the interdisciplinary ethical analysis of the moral dimensions of health professional practice; this includes an analysis of moral character and vision, judgment, decision making, clinical practices, health policies, etc. Toward this end, the goals of this course are: 1) to introduce the wide range of ethical issues in health care; 2) to familiarize students with the bioethical literature that addresses these issues; 3) to develop the basic skills of analysis, interpretation, moral communication, and argument used in bioethics, especially as it affects nurses and physicians, functioning separately and jointly, and 4) to facilitate the application of those habits of thought that integrate bioethics into the intellectual and moral life of physicians and nurses.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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HHSC 421 Chronic Disease and Injury Epidemiology Lab
1 semester hours
Companion lab course to HHSC 420 . This course will provide computer-based instruction in how to manage and analyze epidemiological and public health data.
Corequisite: HHSC 420 .
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HHSC 441 Medical Microbiology Laboratory
1 semester hours
Basic techniques for the handling and culture of bacteria; sterile technique, sample collection, and isolation of bacteria; staining and microscopy, characterization and identification of unknown bacteria; quantitiation of bacteria and evaluation of antimicrobal agents; diagnostic testing.
Corequisite: HHSC 440 .
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HHSC 466 Therapeutic Modalities in Sports Medicine Lab
1 semester hours
This is the laboratory component to accompany HHSC 460 Therapeutic Modalities in Sports Medicine . This class will focus on the practical aspect of modalities. These modalities include: heat and cold, ultrasound, electrotherapy, laser, and compression, among others.
Corequisite: HHSC 460 .
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HHSC 480 Biomechanics
3 semester hours
An analytical approach to the mechanics of human motion. Kinetics and kinematics of human movement as it pertains to bone, joint cartilage, and connective tissue will be discussed. Consideration towards the forces at major points of the human body and their relations to musculoskeletal injuries.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: HHSC 380 .
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HHSC 481 Biomechanics Laboratory
1 semester hours
An analytical approach to the mechanics of human motion. Kinetics and kinematics of human movement as it pertains to bone, joint cartilage, and connective tissue will be discussed. Consideration towards the forces at major points of the human body and their relations to musculoskeletal injuries.
Laboratory, 1 hour.
Corequisite: HHSC 480 .
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HHSC 485 Motor Learning
3 semester hours
A study of factors involved in the learning and performance of motor skills.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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HHSC 497 Allied Health Internship II
1 TO 5 semester hours
Clinical, hands-on, and/or observational experience for 60 hours per semester hour of academic credit in an allied health setting such as: hospital, clinic, or health facility. Prior approval from instructor is required. This course taken for CR/NC only.
Prerequisite: HHSC 495 or concurrent enrollment.
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HHSC 498 Special Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
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HHSC 499 Independent Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
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HIST 198 Special Studies
1 TO 3 semester hours
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HIST 199 Independent Studies
1 TO 3 semester hours
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HIST 298 Special Studies
1 TO 3 semester hours
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HIST 299 Independent Studies
1 TO 3 semester hours
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HIST 300 Global Encounters pre-1500
3 semester hours
A history of global encounters among the regions of the Middle East, the Mediterranean World, Europe, and Asia. It will include a focus on the exchange of ideas, trade, and cultural developments.
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HIST 301 Global Encounters post-1500
3 semester hours
A history of global encounters in the early modern and modern periods among the regions of Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, with a focus on the movements of peoples, ideas, and goods, including cross-cultural encounters and trade and the development of a globalized economy.
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HIST 310 History and Historians
3 semester hours
An introduction to history as an intellectual discipline, focusing on the study and writing of history, including historiography and historical methods. Organized around the study of a particular historical issue or episode,
this is an intensive course on how historians approach problems.
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HIST 318 Victorians to Moderns
3 semester hours
Covers the enormous changes in society and technology, art and science, gender and religion from Victoria’s reign through the First World War and the Great Depression.
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HIST 326 Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century
3 semester hours
A study of the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural developments in Europe during the “long nineteenth century,” from the French Revolution to the Great War.
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HIST 327 20th Century Europe
3 semester hours
A study of the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural developments in Europe from the Great War through the end of the twentieth century.
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HIST 328 20th-Century Eastern Europe
3 semester hours
A study of the political, social, economic, and cultural developments in the states between Germany and Russia from the collapse of the Habsburg, German, and Ottoman Empires after World War I to the Balkan Wars at the end of the twentieth century.
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HIST 335 Gender in European History
3 semester hours
A study of European history using gender as the primary category of analysis. The course examines how ideas about gender, the roles that men and women play in society, and notions about femininity and masculinity have structured European societies and the effects of that gendering.
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HIST 348 Women in East Asian History
3 semester hours
An exploration of the ways in which specific institutional arrangements, political settlements, and economic changes informed the organization of family and lineages, inheritance practices, work, and thus shaped the lives of women.
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HIST 351 American Reform Movements
3 semester hours
An examination of the major movements for reform of American society, with emphasis on abolitionism, Women’s Rights, Progressivism, and Civil Rights.
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HIST 352 Health and Disease in American Culture
3 semester hours
The history of health, disease, and medicine in the American social and cultural context, from the colonial period to the present.
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HIST 354 Women in American History
3 semester hours
An exploration of women’s experience in American history from the colonial period to the present, with emphasis on such variables as class, race/ethnicity, and region, as well as the impact of changing gender roles on American society, culture, and politics.
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HIST 356 History of Childhood and the Family
3 semester hours
A history of childhood and the family from the colonial era to the present. Examines the diverse experiences of children and families in North America, with special attention to gender, race, class, and regional issues. Also explores how notions of childhood and the family changed over time.
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HIST 357 Immigrant America
3 semester hours
The history of immigration to the United States from the colonial period to the present, focusing on immigrant experiences, transnational ties, immigration law, and citizenship, as well as the ways that race, class gender, religion, and sexuality shaped Immigrant America.
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HIST 360 Chicana/o History
3 semester hours
(See CHST 360 .)
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HIST 365 The American West
3 semester hours
The history of the American West from the seventeenth century to the present, focusing on settlement, Native American experience, economic development, environment, and the West in popular culture.
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HIST 366 History of California
3 semester hours
The history of California from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing on migration, economic development, race and ethnic relations, and the relationship of the state to the rest of the world.
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HIST 367 History of Los Angeles
3 semester hours
The history of Greater Los Angeles from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing on migration, economic development, race and ethnic relations, and the city’s relationship to the rest of the world.
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HIST 368 Hollywood and History
3 semester hours
An examination of the motion picture industry and the relationship of films to United States society from the early twentieth century to the present.
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HIST 372 Mexico and the World
3 semester hours
The major social, political, and economic trends and events in Mexico from the Independence movement to the present. The course examines mass movements; leadership; popular culture; globalization; violence, gender, and drugs; and the political and cultural impact of changing domestic and international policies.
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HIST 388 Imagining Asian Pacific America
3 semester hours
Using interdisciplinary approaches and cross-cultural perspectives, the class explores the ways in which certain Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been portrayed and, in turn, have portrayed themselves throughout historical time and space.
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HIST 389 The Invention of Communities
3 semester hours
This class examines a multitude of socioeconomic, political, ideological, and cultural conditions that have caused the formation as well as the disintegration of communal bonds in 19th- and 20th-century United States.
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HIST 390 African Kingdoms
3 semester hours
A study of significant kingdoms of Black Africa exploring the major themes of the period.
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HIST 392 Colonial Africa, 1860-1980
3 semester hours
A study of the inception and development of European rule over various parts of Africa by European imperialists of the 19th and 20th centuries, leading to an examination of the processes by which African countries gained their independence in the second half of the 20th century.
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HIST 396 Asian Empires
3 semester hours
An examination of the Qing Empire (1644-1911) and the Japanese Empire (1910-1945). Paying close attention to the process of empire-building and imperial administration, the course will evaluate the impact of these empires in East Asia, especially in relation to notions of resistance, cooptation, and cooperation.
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HIST 397 Popular Culture in East Asia
3 semester hours
An examination of the history of modern East Asia through the prism of its popular cultures with a focus on audio, visual, and literary representations from that region in relation to decolonization, nation-building, democracy, identity-formation, and globalization.
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HIST 398 Special Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
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HIST 399 Independent Studies
1 TO 3 semester hours
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HIST 405 Ancient Greece
3 semester hours
Explores the origins of the Greeks from Homeric times to the death of Philip of Macedon. Topics include the developments of political forms, including democracy, and most notably, drama and philosophy against the background of war and conflict.
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HIST 406 Alexander and the Hellenistic World
3 semester hours
Examines the career and impact of Alexander the Great, particularly as seen in the expansion of Greek culture across the Mediterranean world and to the East as far as India. Topics include the hellenization on non-Greeks, Jews, and Romans in particular, and the further development of philosophy and learning.
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HIST 407 Ancient Rome
3 semester hours
Studies the origins of the city of Rome with the Etruscans and its transformation into that of Romans, and how the Romans expanded through Italy and conquered the Mediterranean world, ca. 800 BC-AD 44. Topics include the issue of Romanization, political development, the idea of empire, and the assimilation of Greek culture.
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HIST 408 Imperial Rome
3 semester hours
Explores the world of Imperial Rome from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the reign of Augustus to the end of classical antiquity, ca. 27 BC-AD 600. Topics include romanization and the imperial system, the origins, survival, and victory of Christianity, and Rome’s struggles with Persians and Germans.
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HIST 410 History of Byzantine Empire
3 semester hours
A study of the eastern Roman Empire to its fall in 1453. Topics include the Byzantine recovery, the Slavic and Moslem invasions, and the Crusades.
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HIST 411 The Rise of Medieval Europe
3 semester hours
Traces the emergence of a coherent European civilization from the collapse of Roman power in the fifth century to the rise of new forms of Latin Christian unity in the eighth through eleventh centuries.
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HIST 412 The Transformation of Medieval Europe
3 semester hours
Examines the fragmentation of the medieval forms of European unity from the twelfth through sixteenth centuries. Topics include political and social change, questions of authority, and religious strife.
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HIST 414 The Crusades
3 semester hours
A study of the Crusades (ca. 1050 to 1300), including the roots of Christian and Islamic ideas of Holy War, the preaching and conduct of the Crusades, the creation and fall of the Crusader States, interfaith relations in the time of the Crusades, the use of Holy War in Spain and the Baltic, and the long-term significance of the Crusades.
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HIST 416 Pagans and Saints: Christian Missionaries to 1700
3 semester hours
Studies the interactions between Christian missionaries and non-Christian peoples from the Roman period to the seventeenth century. Topics include the spread of Christianity to Ireland, Germanic Europe, and the Mongols, as well as missionary encounters with China, Japan, and the New World. A principal focus will be on the methods used by preachers to spread their message and the ways native cultures helped shape Christianity.
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HIST 418 The Viking World
3 semester hours
Explores Viking society from the late eighth to the early eleventh century, including the reasons for the Scandinavian invasions of early-medieval Europe, the course and consequences of Viking activity in the British Isles and France, the wider settlement of the Norse from Russian to Greenland and North America, and the Christianization of the Viking world.
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HIST 425 The French Revolution
3 semester hours
An inquiry into the causes of the fall of the French monarchy, the creation of a civic order, a new political culture, and the impact of war and terror on French society.
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