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The	O
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It	O
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The	O
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–	O
1985	O
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122	O
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Social	B-Library
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in	O
bibliographic	O
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and	O
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,	O
a	O
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of	O
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to	O
ideological	O
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and	O
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English-dominant	O
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It	O
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,	O
Eugene	O
Garfield	O
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Eric	O
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‘	O
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“	O
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”	O
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‘	O
Social	O
Democratic’	O
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the	O
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