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"But Cook sold himself short. Music critic Alex Ross notes that 'Cook’s musicals, sophisticated in technique and assertive in tone, anticipated the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance.' Cook would likely have felt more gratified by the effect he had on American music in general: Thomas Riis credits him as the leader among his Marshall Hotel colleagues in 'bringing syncopated song to Broadway and thereby injecting a kind of metrical flexibility into our stage music that it has never lost.'"
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"It’s worth thinking about what the right has been doing for the past thirty-five years as a counter-revolution that has been waged against our victories."
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"Over 50 different styles of terra-cotta oil lamps are available. They replicate the clay oil lamps used by ancient peoples of many cultures. You will will find reproduction oil lamps from ancient Greece, the Holy Land, Egypt, the Middle East, and every corner of the world where Rome planted its colonies. Along with the reproductions, numerous original lamps, many of which were used to create these replicas, are available for viewing."
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"An atheist sign criticizing Christianity that was erected alongside a Nativity scene was taken from the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington, on Friday and later found in a ditch."
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Awesome like, Rendezvous, but stoopid awesome.