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Chomsky to speak at TCF event

Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy and commentator on issues of social justice and human rights, will speak at an event sponsored by the Technology and Culture Forum at MIT on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The program begins at 7pm in the Wong Auditorium (Building E51) and will be followed by an informal reception. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call x3-0108.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on February 11, 1998.

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