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- ↑ Columbia College Today. Columbia University Libraries. New York: Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. 1989. p. 31.
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- ↑ Billy Cross (October 25, 2001). "Mit Amerikanske Køkken". Aschehoug. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
