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We [ with Edward Herman] believe that the empirical evidence we review there - and elsewhere, in a great deal of joint and separate work - lends substantial support to the conclusions whether that is true is for others to judge.

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Noam Chomsky
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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