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"ref": "1970, The New York Times Biographical Service, New York Times & Arno Press, page 660:",
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"ref": "1971, Equal Rights for Men and Women 1971: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, First Session, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 131:",
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"ref": "1983, Larry Ketron, Asian Shade, Dramatists Play Service, page 37:",
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"ref": "1988, Jack Kugelmass, editor, Between Two Worlds, Cornell University Press, page 311:",
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