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              cover image ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society
              ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society  Volume 20, Issue 3
              Oct. 1990
              172 pages
              ISSN:0095-2737
              DOI:10.1145/97351
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                CQL '90: Proceedings of the conference on Computers and the quality of life
                August 1990
                192 pages
                ISBN:0897914031
                DOI:10.1145/97344

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