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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
≤May 25, 1979 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Science
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓Washington D.C. 20005

␈↓ ↓H␈↓To the Editor:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        William␈α
Carey's␈α
editorial␈α
(25␈αMay␈α
1979)␈α
announcing␈α
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founds␈α
it␈α
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"reputation
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓News␈α
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because␈αthe␈α
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓news.

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that␈αthe␈α
writers␈αfor␈α
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license␈αto␈α
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in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the presentation of the news.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science