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Producer Daily, who increasingly was introducing Jones to the dubious joys of the Nashville Sound, had the sense to lay off on the strings and backup singers when he recorded Melba and George. Just a strummed guitar, bass, piano (with ace session man Pig Robbins at the ivories), fiddle, dobro and a tasty pedal steel (played by the incomparable Buddy Emmons). I don't even detect a drum beat on this track. In part, this was an attempt to cash in on the early-'60s craze for all types of folk music; no matter, the results are glorious...
Although Bala thought he had secured the upset for his team, the win was not in the cards. B.C. Coach Jerry York had one more ace up his sleeve...
...little two-page "X-Presidents" thing in George magazine last year. They asked me to write a book, and I already had a screenplay - Adam McKay and I had written a screenplay for "X-Presidents" a couple of years ago. People had asked me to do something with Ace and Gary and I just thought that would be a lot of heartache. I didn't know how to write it. Those guys are deliberately one-dimensional. The four ex-presidents are solidly two-dimensional...
Crimson distance-ace Abbie Davies stole the win in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:07.42, by racing past teammate Jane Humphries and touching her out by .08 seconds...
...Florida Supreme Court to uphold or toss out Judge Lewis's decision, the challenge in the meantime is to make the result look good to the public. But while Baker tries to make holding the line sound like the proper course, the Gore team figures to have an ace up its sleeve: the numbers...