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May 14, 1984

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a reporter at large

THE CROCODILES OF YAMOUSSOUKRO

V. S. Naipaul

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Ivory Coast, W. Africa, a former French colony, which is generally held to be a political & economic success. Since its …