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"ref": "1967, John Cunyus Hodges, Harbrace College Handbook, page 388:",
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"ref": "1970, Elizabeth Kimball, The Man in the Panama Hat, page 20:",
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"ref": "2000, Raven Walker, The Zen Manager, page 100:",
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"ref": "2001, Lewis Hill, Fetched-Up Yankee, page 94:",
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"ref": "2013, Robert McCammon, Speaks the Nightbird:",
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"ref": "2014, Everyday Inspiration from God's Creation: A Daily Devotional, Barbour Publishing:",
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