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"ref": "2004, Bob Wyatt., Trout Hunting: The Pursuit of Happiness, page 172",
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"ref": "2007, Toni White, Ridge Street Home, page 36",
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"ref": "2007, L. W. Fugett, Murder in the Bluegrass, page 3",
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"ref": "1996, Michael Roney, Michael Utvich, The Guerrilla Guide to High-tech Trade Shows, page 203",
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"ref": "2004, Debra Kandelaars, Postcards: A Few of Our Favorites, page vii",
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"ref": "2010, Lee Silber, Time Management for the Creative Person, page 34",
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"ref": "2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon, page 193",
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"ref": "2012, Maureen F. McHugh, \"After the Apocalypse\", in Gardner Dozois, ed., The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection, page 227",
"text": "“How far to Wallyworld?” Franny giggles."
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