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"ref": "1997, Gene Amole, \"Put Water Bag On Front Bumper\", in Rocky Mountain News, 24 June 1997, reprinted in Amole One More Time, Big Earth Publishing (1998), page 236",
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"ref": "2002 September 11, Say!What?, “Re: What Would You Do?”, in misc.transport.trucking (Usenet)",
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"ref": "2005, Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina, Simon and Schuster, published 2007, page 185",
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