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"ref": "1878, \"Charade\" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 398",
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"text": "The woman lying dead in the morgue was the woman at the party. Well, Victor, maybe I'm missing something here. You call it fake, a charade… Do you mind telling me what kind of fuckin' charade ends up with somebody turning up dead?",
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"ref": "1977 April 30, David Holland, John Rechy, “The Politics of 'The Sexual Outlaw'”, in Gay Community News, page 10",
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