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- 1 2 Time magazine review accessed 29 Oct 2013
- ↑ Paddy Chayefsky obituary New York Times accessed 29 Oct 2013
- ↑ Barnes, Clive (21 March 1968). "Theater: 'The Latent Heterosexual'; Zero Mostel Triumphs in Chayefsky Play". New York Times. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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