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- ↑ "Vassar Quarterly 1 September 1977 — Vassar Newspaper Archive". newspaperarchives.vassar.edu. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ "Olivier Winners 1991". www.olivierawards.com. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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