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The Braille Monitor

Vol. 47, No. 8                                                                                                      August/September, 2004

                                                               Barbara Pierce, Editor

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Contents
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47, No. 8                                                                                                               August/September, 2004

Frontispiece

2004 Convention Roundup
     
by Christine Faltz

Federationists Feeling Peachy Keen In Atlanta
     
by Anil Lewis

Presidential Report 2004
     
by Marc Maurer

The 2004 Scholarship Class
of the National Federation of the Blind

The 2004 Awards

Partnerships in Rehabilitation: The Power of Combined Action
     
by Joanne Wilson

The Jernigan Institute, Our Challenge for the Future
     
by Betsy Zaborowski

Imagine!
     
by Kevan Worley

The Role of the Consumer in the Development of
Programs of Research and Training
     
by Fredric K. Schroeder, Ph.D.

The Assimilation of Crisis
     
by Marc Maurer

Advancing Civil Rights for the Blind: A Report on the 2004 Convention Resolutions
     
by Sharon Maneki

National Federation of the Blind 2004 Resolutions

Convention Miniatures

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