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"ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Lisson Grove Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
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"ref": "1988 February 5, Billie Lawless, “Laying Down the Lawless”, in Chicago Reader:",
"text": "When the venerable New York Times took my quote in which I described the neon elements as \"burlesquing the myth of male dominance\" and instead printed \"he prefers to describe them as . . . symbols of male dominance\" it became clear that dealing with journalists was going to be one long, rocky road.",
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"ref": "1678, Edward Stillingfleet, A Sermon preached on the Fast-Day, November 13, 1678:",
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