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- ↑ Bernard Holland at topics.nytimes.com
- ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Times makes Holland its chief critic", 17 July 1995. Accessed 9 February 2010.
- ↑ Druckenbrod, Andrew, "Holland to retire", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 May 2008. Accessed 9 February 2010.
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