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"ref": "2013, Ask a Tech Teacher, How to Achieve the Common Core with Tech: Writing Strand, page 43",
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"ref": "2014, International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept, Bolivia: Fiscal Transparency Assessment",
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},
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},
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"ref": "2008, Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast, Inc., The Culinarian - Volume 53, page 9",
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},
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},
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