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"ref": "2009 July 10, Martin Fletcher, \"Beware Invisible Cows, By Andy Martin\" (book review), The Independent (UK) (retrieved 23 Aug 2014)",
"text": "Not that Martin is a sun-bleached hippie philosopher, but his book is a head-trip as well as a hugely entertaining travel adventure along the eccentric orbits of cosmological research."
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"ref": "1994 March 6, William Grimes, “Thing: Sleight Of Eye”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-23",
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"ref": "2007, Richard Corliss, “DVD and Conquer: 2001: A Space Odyssey”, in Time, retrieved 2014-08-23",
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"ref": "2000 June 17, James C. McKinley, “Baseball: Amateurs Say Easy Throws Can Be the Hardest”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-23",
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"An ego trip."
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"(informal) An ego trip."
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