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"ref": "1939 August 5, \"Bob\" Tucker, Le Zombie, number 10, page 3",
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"ref": "1967 June, Drake Maynard, If, volume 17, number 6, page 160",
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"ref": "2010, Jill Murray, Break On Through, page 15",
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"ref": "2012, Dipal Parikh, Walking with Krishna: Based on True Life Events, page 154",
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"ref": "2013, Ivy McQuain, Get Your Head Out of the Clouds, This Is Business, page 25",
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"ref": "2012, Dipal Parikh, Walking with Krishna: Based on True Life Events, page 154",
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"ref": "2013, Ivy McQuain, Get Your Head Out of the Clouds, This Is Business, page 25",
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