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"ref": "1989 May 6, Liz Galst, “Meet Meg Lacey, Private Heat”, in Gay Community News, page 7:",
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"ref": "2020 January 8, Jenny Stevens, “Doors drummer John Densmore: 'It took me years to forgive Jim Morrison'”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-03:",
"text": "College put him on to jazz, and he worshipped at the altar of Coltrane and Davis.",
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"text": "My colleague John Eligon put me on to this excellent video explanation of and recipe for doubles, one of Trinidad and Tobago's greatest foods. That's on the weekend docket as well!",
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"ref": "2023 January 11, Richard Evans, “Our tip of the year is ’very cheap, very unloved and highly profitable’”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-28:",
"text": "It's time to name Questor's tip of the year and as usual we have sought the views of the fund manager who put us on to the best performer of last year under our \"Follow the Money\" banner.",
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