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"On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance."
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"The only soap of a dirty society is the clean men, only the clean can wash the grimy!"
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"Increasingly, the central question is becoming who will have access to the information these machines must have in storage to guarantee that the right decisions are made."
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