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"ref": "1992 February 10, Fredrik.Ostman, “Swedish Double Standard (Gambling)”, in soc.culture.nordic (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-11",
"text": "Now that's defaitism -- cheer up Janne, maybe some day we *will* get rid of these patronizing, moralizing humbugs :-) ?",
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"ref": "1998 August 13, Fenris, “Archived Message for Future Inhabitants”, in sci.environment (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-11",
"text": "Don't all enviros have moments of defaitism from time to time?",
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"ref": "1999 September 24, Steph, “In love with woman with intercultural baby! HELP”, in soc.couples.intercultural (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-11",
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"ref": "1999 November 13, Ron Ploeg, “Talking to Jackson about the state of the movie”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-11",
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"ref": "2002 December 1, Nes, “In wake of Predator success, U.S. weighs assassination options”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-11",
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"ref": "2003 April 7, Jukka K. Korpela, “longest thread”, in news.groups.questions (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-11",
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