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Super Bowl XLI: Prince(s), Winners, and Heirs Apparent

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[12.Feb.07] :. Tony Dungy's win in Miami was definitely a major event, but a quick look at Super Bowl history shows that the NFL, with its long-disparaging race record, is still far from a level playing field.

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[11.Jul.07] :. Even the very best baseball players convert only three or four of every ten at bats into base hits. Perhaps Deaver can find some sort of poetic consolation in that statistic.

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[9.Jul.07] :. This collection will likely inspire many listeners to dig deeper into the CrystalTop catalog.

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[12.Jun.07] :. Of God and Science juggles unusual chords and tricky arrangements, but the band should have focused on songwriting.

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[17.Nov.06] :. In the early 21st century, an era driven by forces of globalization, a composer who stands ready to make a similarly significant cultural contribution is Osvaldo Golijov.

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