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"ref": "1962 August 28, Jack Anderson, “Lobbyists Moan Over ‘Shakedown’”, in Sarasota Journal, USA, retrieved 2010-08-25, page 6",
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"ref": "2005, 00:05:05 from the start, in Brokeback Mountain",
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