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FOREWORD: FORWARD: TOWARD THE INFORMATION AGE

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SYSTEMS

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LANGUAGE

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CONCLUSION

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"A Boy Who Killed Coldly Is Now a `Prison Monster'", The New York Times, March 22, 1989, p. A1 col. 3.


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