Andy Beamer

gistfile1.tex

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\title{Who Writes to the Editor?\\Demographic and Cultural Contours of
a Mediated Public Sphere}
\date{Sorbonne V, Paris, September 21, 2012}
\author{Andrew J. Perrin}

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\titlepage
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\frametitle{Arguing in an Anonymous Public}
\begin{center}
\emph{How do citizens find and generate citizenship opportunities to
approximate their ideals of democratic engagement?}
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\note{~}\end{frame}

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Andy—this document compiles properly for me. What sort of error messages are you getting?