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"ref": "1919, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 3, in A Man Four-Square",
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"ref": "2009 February 25, “Boy held in Pa. killing to go to juvenile facility”, in USA Today, retrieved 2012-07-16",
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"ref": "1991 April 14, Leslie H. Gelb, “Foreign Affairs: White House Guilt?”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-07-16",
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"ref": "2009 Nov. 15, Mike Higgins, \"Andrew Marr: The Making of Modern Britain, BBC2 (TV review),\" The Independent (UK) (retrieved 16 July 2012)",
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"ref": "1968 November 17, Bob Monahan, “Delaware Thrashes B.U. 41-13”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 2012-07-16, page 71",
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"ref": "2011 June 28, Chris McGrath, Tennis: ‘Devastated’ Williams sisters rue double loss,\" The Independent (UK) (retrieved 16 July 2012)",
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