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"ref": "1979 August 11, Lisa Capaldini, “Lessons From History”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 4",
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"sense": "to cause to have a polarization",
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"sense": "to cause to have a polarization",
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"sense": "to cause to have a polarization",
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"sense": "to cause to have a polarization",
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