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"ref": "2015 November 13, Carlos Lozada, \"DESTINY AND POWER: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush\" (book review), Washington Post (retrieved 8 Dec 2021)",
"text": "After building a business in the Texas oil world, Bush punched his ticket in the House of Representatives; served briefly as U.N. ambassador, Republican National Committee chairman and U.S. envoy to China; led the CIA for just under a year; ran for the GOP presidential nomination; joined Ronald Reagan’s ticket; and finally captured the White House, where he guided America through the Cold War’s end and stared down a Middle East dictator."
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"ref": "2019 May 28, A. C. Shilton, “You Accomplished Something Great. So Now What?”, in New York Times, retrieved 2021-12-08",
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"ref": "2021 November 27, “Western, Saskatchewan advance to Vanier Cup in very different ways”, in The Star, Canada, retrieved 2021-12-10",
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"ref": "1991 August 11, Paul Ciotti, “If He's Such a Hero, Why Does He Feel Like a Wimp?”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2021-12-08",
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"ref": "2006, Tom Piccirilli, Headstone City, Random House, retrieved 2021-12-08, page 189",
"text": "Phil put his arms around him. Drew him in close, pressed his cheek to Dane's the way the Mafiosi in the fifties would kiss somebody right before they punched his ticket.",
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"ref": "2016, Dusty Richards, Deadly Is the Night, Pinnacle Books, retrieved 2021-12-08",
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