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103. Ibid., p. 247. Ibid., p. 247.

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130. Dallas Morning News Dallas Morning News, Dec. 16, 1977.

131. Silverman, Silverman, Selling Culture Selling Culture, p. 31.

132. Ibid., pp. 12627. Ibid., pp. 12627.

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