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"ref": "1982 February 1, Laurence I. Barrett, “The White House Sensitivity Gap”, in Time",
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"ref": "2005, Jean Fagan Yellin, Harriet Jacobs: A Life, page xv",
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"sense": "to increase awareness",
"word": "Bewusstsein wecken"
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"word": "Aufmerksamkeit lenken auf"
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"word": "Aufmerksamkeit lenken auf"
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"word": "Aufmerksamkeit richten auf"
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