Labeling the deaths of Iraqi civilians as "collateral damage," or using the terms "surgical air strikes" to make enormous damage sound neat and clean is an example of the misuse of language termed:

a. symbolic
b. vehicle
c. dehumanizing
d. euphemism

d

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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act helps organizations contend with which challenge posed by technology?

A. dealing with globalization B. choosing a communication channel C. ensuring security D. adapting diversity

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