A quick study of
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http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/generalsemanticsterm.htm may
help. Turns snake oil into a science in the 30s. L. Rom Hubbard
loved the idea and turned it into Scientology. All the great sci
fi authors of the 60s were into it. Neuro Linguistic Programming
(Tony Robbins) as well as sales techniques and advertising
methodologies all take their cues from it.
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