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"ref": "1968, Kurt Vonnegut, Welcome to the Monkey House, Delacorte Press, page xiv",
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"ref": "1978, V.S. Bagad, I.A. Dhotre, Computer Networks, Technical Publications",
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"ref": "2009, N. David Mermin, It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity, Princeton University Press, page 19",
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"ref": "2002, Sylvia Lawson, “Budgerigars, and Positions of Ignorance”, in How Simone de Beauvoir died in Australia: stories and essays, page 17",
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"ref": "2003, Janet Judy McIntyre-Mills, quoting Olive Veverbrants, Critical systemic praxis for social and environmental justice, page 27",
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"ref": "2004, Larry Habegger, Travelers' Tales Australia: True Stories, page 7",
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