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Going back to her roots, she'd play the works-in-progress at small café shows across LA, using audience feedback to refine the songs before taking them back to the studio.
From BBC
“This is a home run for us,” Campo texted an associate just before he flew in.
In the bottom of the seventh, Venice put two runners on with two outs before Anthony Tomminelli got a strikeout to secure the win.
From Los Angeles Times
"If the trade volume of invasive ants continues to grow, it's only a matter of time before a few escape from their formicaria and become established in the wild," said Wang.
From BBC
The union is consulting its members over potential industrial action over pay, to gauge the appetite before committing to a formal ballot.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.