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1098:"Irving Oil owner Arthur Irving dead at 93"
1032:"Researchers to study benefits of wetlands"
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991:"Irvings give university new centre"
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907:"About Us | Irving Oil"
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462:Paul Harris Fellowship
439:Order of New Brunswick
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308:Ducks Unlimited Canada
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1552:Eastern Maine Railway
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1395:DeMont, John (1992).
1229:"About Sandra Irving"
1205:. November 20, 2007.
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614:"About the Irvings"
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