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"ref": "2010 November 26, Ron Lieber, “A Dying Banker’s Last Instructions”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-25",
"text": "He and Mr. Goldie have managed to beat the clock, finishing and printing the book themselves while Mr. Murray is still alive.",
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"ref": "2012 September 16, Mike Brehm, “Milan Lucic, Evander Kane lead under-the-wire signings”, in USA Today, retrieved 2014-08-25",
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"ref": "1994 April 5, “A Break for Hunt”, in Time, retrieved 2014-08-25",
"text": "Judge Randall Thomas dropped a dozen theft charges against Hunt . . ., ruling that the indictment came after a three-year state statute of limitations had run out. One ethics charge—punishable by up to $10,000 and 10 years behind bars—did beat the clock.",
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"ref": "1995 July 16, Phil Davison, “A Very Big Fish Indeed”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2014-08-25",
"text": "[T]he man who looked like an ageing rocker trying to beat the clock, was none other than Robert Lee Vesco.",
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"ref": "2013 September 15, “Anti-age your health”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2014-08-25",
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