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- ↑ "Strong performances overcome shortcomings in ICT's The Sweepers". Signal Tribune. June 20, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
- ↑ "'Sweepers' in Long Beach could be defined as Miller-lite". Orange County Register . June 19, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
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