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␈↓∧ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY␈↓
+ Telephone:
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␈↓↓␈↓ ¬eFebruary 13 1975
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Professor Bernard Meltzer
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Dept. of Artificial Intelligence
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Edinburgh University
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Edinburgh EH8 9NW Scotland
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Dear Professor Meltzer:
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