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"ref": "1972, John Brunner, The Sheep Look Up, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, page 382",
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"ref": "1991, Peter Atkins, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (screenplay), via the Internet Movie Script Database, archived from the original on 2007-10-11, page 5",
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