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"text": "2007 May 14: The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, Current Population Survey Frequently Asked Questions — Question 5: “Who is counted as unemployed?”\nPersons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work."
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"ref": "2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200",
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