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... performed their indispen- sable functions . What the power complex did was to wrench these separate components from ... perform virtually interchangeable functions : not only in the sense that every operation is reducible to pecuniary ...
... performed their indispen- sable functions . What the power complex did was to wrench these separate components from ... perform virtually interchangeable functions : not only in the sense that every operation is reducible to pecuniary ...
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... perform standardized motions and repetitive work . But note : all these forms of power , one re - enforcing the other , became essential to the new Pentagon of Power . Unlike machines that perform partial operations for specialized pur ...
... perform standardized motions and repetitive work . But note : all these forms of power , one re - enforcing the other , became essential to the new Pentagon of Power . Unlike machines that perform partial operations for specialized pur ...
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... perform his daily tasks without exhibiting suicidal depression or uncontrollable hostility to those around him , he ... performing the unrewarding labor necessary to keep the system in operation : but they may bring compensatory reac ...
... perform his daily tasks without exhibiting suicidal depression or uncontrollable hostility to those around him , he ... performing the unrewarding labor necessary to keep the system in operation : but they may bring compensatory reac ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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