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Pop World Cup 2010: Group F – Paraguay 0 New Zealand 0
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— 13 Apr 2010 Tim 24 comments

Steve M’s New Zealand are through to the next round and coasting. Paraguay, managed by Talia, are very close to qualification, needing just a point to see them through. Is this a good time to play NZ? Or will Paraguay find their squad – a[…]

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The FT Top 100 Tracks Of All Time: 17: The Ronettes – Be My Baby
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— 13 Apr 2010 Pete Baran 7 comments

Be My Baby always existed. Clearly to me it always existed, it is ten years older than me. But there is something about Be My Baby which feels like it always existed, its has the primal chord, the ur-drumbeat, that wall of sound and in the heart of i[…]

Pop World Cup 2010: Group F – Slovakia 3 Italy 0
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— 13 Apr 2010 Tim 18 comments

There is controversy afoot – controversy about the suspect timekeeping in key matches, controversy about the competence of some of the less prominent PWC administrators. It’s a fractious time. One one side of this game, Julio’s Slov[…]

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