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      "Informal and exclusive, unlike open formal groups.",
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      "title": "Clique",
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      "id": "SRC-003",
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    },
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      "id": "SRC-004",
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      "id": "SRC-005",
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      "publisher": "National Institute of Standards and Technology",
      "url": "https://xlinux.nist.gov/dads/HTML/clique.html",
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      "url_status": "live"
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                    "text": "How large is it?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Who leads?",
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                    "text": "How are norms enforced?",
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                  }
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                    "text": "What do members gain?",
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                    "text": "By which study?",
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                    "text": "What helps?",
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                    "text": "Which entry covers it?",
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                  }
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                  {
                    "text": "Which entry covers it?",
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    "The registry sense comes from a lexical source and merges political terms (cabal, kitchen cabinet); should they be separate?"
  ],
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