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- 1 2 Helene Stapinski, Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History, New York: Random House, 2001. p. 203.
- ↑ Helene Stapinski, Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History, New York: Random House, 2001. pp. 204-205.
- ↑ Kaulessar, Ricardo."McCann - no holds barred" Archived 2007-10-18 at the Wayback Machine , Jersey City Reporter , January 21, 2005. Accessed October 27, 2007.
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