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"ref": "2012 September, “Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD”, in Fazer, number 127, page 80",
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"ref": "2013, Dani Kellner, \"20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell\", Slope, Spring 2013, page 18",
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"(slang) Crazy."
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"text": "That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray.",
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"ref": "2012 September, “Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD”, in Fazer, number 127, page 80",
"text": "Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray.",
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