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"ref": "1989, A. W. Dilnot, Ian Walker, The Economics of social security, page 211",
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"ref": "1998, Sally Goldsworthy, Young Blood, page 286",
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"ref": "2005 -, Anne Cranny-Francis, MultiMedia: Texts and Contexts, page 6",
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