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"ref": "1949 June 18, Victor Riesel, “Inside Labor”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 2009-06-24, page 30",
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"ref": "2002 October 17, Jeff Larsen, “Short Trips: Shoreside walks in green and glittering Vancouver”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2009-06-24",
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},
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"ref": "2009 April 3, Tom Horgen, “Nightlife: Bingo is the game-o”, in Minneapolis Star-Tribune, retrieved 2009-06-24",
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},
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"text": "Queens bus driver Mousie Garcia, 30, said she doesn't want a strike but will hit the bricks if the MTA doesn't come through with no-strings-attached raises.",
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