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"ref": "1998 December 6, Marilyn Thompson, “South of Atlanta, 'Fried' and True”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2014-07-21",
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"ref": "2000 September 6, Andrew Gumbel, “Fortune was not manna from heaven, just money from mugs”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2014-07-21",
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