The idea underlies his theory.
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A common theme underlies both perspectives.
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In the Pleistocene the Sunda Platform, which today underlies the Java Sea, was dry land.
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Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.
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