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"ref": "2011 November 22, Jeff Tully, “Oscar De La Hoya a hit at Boys & Girls Club”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2018-09-05",
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"ref": "1961 June 5, Chalmers M. Roberts, “Talks Fail to Evoke Any 'Spirit of Vienna'”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2018-09-05",
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"ref": "1996 August 21, George Vecsey, “Does Reeves Entertain Death Wish?”, in New York Times, retrieved 2018-09-05",
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