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“It's apparent that we can't proceed any further without a name for this institutionalized garrulousness, this psychological patter, this need to catalogue the ego's condition. Let's call it psychobabble, this spirit which now tyrannizes conversation in the seventies.”

Quote by Richard Rosen

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According to limited available information, Richard Rosen serves as the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services. Detailed biographical information is not available. more

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