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- Bold visions, but where's the cash? Hirsch, Donald // New Statesman;3/27/2006, Vol. 135 Issue 4785, p10
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- You've done quite well, Gordon, but not that well. // Professional Engineering;3/23/2005, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p14
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