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"ref": "2005 January 26, William Grimes, “The Brain: False Assumptions and Cruel Operations”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-04-29",
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"ref": "1957 January 30, Pete Pederson, “Spinney's Win Baffles Turf Experts”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2013-04-29, page C4",
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"ref": "1959 March 22, “Dear Abby: It's Bird-Bee Time”, in Milwaukee Sentinel, retrieved 2013-04-29, page 4D",
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"ref": "2010 August 16, Tony Karon, “Bush left the White House but what else has changed?”, in lebanonwire.com, retrieved 2013-04-29",
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"(idiomatic) To have one's mental health assessed, to receive a psychiatric examination."
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