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Like the sorcerer of old, the television set casts its magic spell, freezing speech and action and turning the living into silent statues so long as the enchantment lasts. The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents — the talks, the games, the family festivities and arguments.

Urie Bronfenbrenner

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Urie Bronfenbrenner
Age: 88 †
Born: 1917
Born: April 29
Died: 2005
Died: September 25
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