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- ↑ Acocella, Joan (June 30, 2017). ""No Maps on My Taps" is Back". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ↑ "THE NATIONAL EMMY AWARDS | FOR NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING" | June 1, 1979 through November 14, 1980 | Presented at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York City | April 13, 1981" (PDF). emmyonline.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-20.
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