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"ref": "2008, Sharon Brondos, White Lightning, page 60",
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"ref": "2011, John Sayles, A Moment in the Sun",
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"ref": "2013, Gordon Korman, On the Run #5: Public Enemies",
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"ref": "1994, Guy LeBow, Watch Your Cleavage, Check Your Zipper!, page 3",
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"ref": "1996 March-April, John Brown, “Don't Shoot, Pastor”, in American Cowboy, volume 2, number 6, page 30",
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"ref": "1998, Ward Churchill, Fantasies of the Master Race, page 193",
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