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- ↑ "Councilor McCormack says he's not running" . The Boston Globe . March 7, 1991. Retrieved February 24, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
- 1 2 3 "Michael J. McCormack". mccormacksuny.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
