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"ref": "1964 July 10, “Industry: Top Money”, in Time",
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"ref": "1994 June 3, Leonard Pitts Jr., “Movies”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 2012-08-26, page 21E",
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"ref": "2004 Jan. 19, Janet Maslin, \"When the High and Mighty Tumble, Duck and Cover\" (Book review of The Best Awful by Carrie Fisher), New York Times (retrieved 26 Aug 2012)",
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