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Complete PICLE corpus of essays by Polish advanced EFL students (330,000)

/^t/Until recently the government, here in Poland purposly distorted or fabricated information through censors then distributed it on to the masses. The ability to do this suited the purpose for the government who wanted its people to understand a common belief that the government was effective and was infallible. When this is done goverments can controll opinion of the masses concerning unpopular beliefs. Within living memory, newspapers were reporting that the low yeild of agricultural crops was due to American bombardment of fields with the infamous potatoe beetles. This "information" not only diverted questions concerning better planning of agricultural resources but also augumented resentment of the "decadent imperialists".