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...Franz-Josef Selig is a practised Daland but sounds worn, and Mihoko Fujimura makes an underpowered Mary. The best singing comes from the tenors....
...“We are truly living in a golden age of sport,” said Bud Selig, MLB commissioner. “ESPN’s financial commitment to baseball is extraordinary.”...
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...Franz-Josef Selig and John Tomlinson lurched and boomed lustily as Fasolt and Fafner. Something is amiss, however, when the dwarfs and giants steal the show....
...Aubrey Selig Simon Pryke: The writedowns reflect that banks will not get back money they have lent....
...John Bolton’s body is out of the State department,” commented Christopher Hill, US negotiator with North Korea, over lunch, “but his hand is still in.”...
...“The Chinese are 100 per cent supportive of North Korea,” complains John Tkacik of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank in Washington....
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