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The day of the jackal was published in 1971 and takes place in 1963. Never have i read a book with such meticulous attention to detail. This additional testing capacity is on top of that of the 28 private labs the. The jackal bruce willis uses ian jack black as a moving target to test his new high powered gun.
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