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“…First, the contributors compare methods of social control on many levels, from police to shaming, church to guilds. …”

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“…Mining supplies numerous raw minerals that are essential for economic development. In many cases, however, mineral extraction causes severe destruction of the environment. …”

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“…In recent decades, the field of computational fluid dynamics has made significant advances in enabling advanced computing architectures to understand many phenomena in biological, geophysical, and engineering fluid flows. …”

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