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you agree to provide a bond in the same amount as security against the
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Rhetorica Network website in any form whatsoever; that neither I nor any
employee or associate will access that site in the future in any form
whatsoever; that I will immediately destroy any copies of The Rhetorica Network
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contrary to these statements constitutes both perjury and a violation of the The
Rhetorica Network Terms of Use, subjecting me to possible civil and criminal
liability.
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