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"ref": "1999, Lois Sherr Dubin, Togashi, & Paul Jones, North American Indian jewelry and adornment, page 488",
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"ref": "1968, Machine Design - Volume 40, Issues 21-25, page 54",
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"ref": "2002, Pacific Fishing - Volume 23, Issues 7-12, page 140",
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"ref": "2013, Stephen Snelling, VCs of the First World War",
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"ref": "2012, Troy Denning, Faces of Deception",
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"ref": "2014, Richard Dawes, Storm Rider, A Tuscon Kid Western, page 25",
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