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The Asian American and Afro-American cultural houses prevent "Pacific Overtures," by Ja Shia, which, with the music of Stephen Sondheim, re-enacts the cultural invasion of Japan in the mid- 19th century.
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The Asian American and Afro-American cultural houses prevent "Pacific Overtures," by Ja Shia, which, with the music of Stephen Sondheim, re-enacts the cultural invasion of Japan in the mid- 19th century.

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