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  • In a story titled Embraceable You, The Economist wrote that relations between India and Bangladesh had "blossomed" ever since "2008, when the Awami League, helped by bags of Indian cash and advice, triumphed in general elections in Bangladesh".

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Mátyás Seiber's hilarious tangos and foxtrots will put a spring in your step, while you can melt over Percy Grainger's (yes!) arrangement of Gershwin's "Embraceable You".

    Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow: The Jazz Age for Piano Duo – review Stephen Pritchard 2010

  • Fitz said it was the best interpretation of “Embraceable You” he'd ever experienced.

    The Juniper Days – Part II, The Diary Alison Earls 2011

  • And although her rendition of “Embraceable You” wasn't approaching the quality of the American singer who was making English women swoon, it didn't lack for passion.

    The Juniper Days - Part I Alison Earls 2011

  • And he told me about the time once many decades ago, as he played a selection of Gershwin melodies, and after he had finished ‘Embraceable You’, an appreciative elderly gentlemen in his audience had come over to tell him how well he interpreted the great composer.

    Another Voice 2009

  • The selections are classic; "Our Love Is Here to Stay," "Embraceable You" and "If Ever I Would Leave You" are potent reminders of how wonderful key musical numbers can be.

    Fern Siegel: Stage Door: James Barbour, MacHomer, Uncle Vanya 2009

  • Gorgeous takes on "Embraceable You," "Where Or When," and for my money one of the best versions of what is my favorite song of alltime, Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust."

    Sal Nunziato: Good Listenin', Folks! Three CDs You Need To Buy 2008

  • Embraceable contradiction and pointed ambiguity resonate in the title,

    The WELL: Estimated Prophet John Barlow 2006

  • So, now he's doing the last refuge of the rock - and-roll washed-up, which is, you know, recording standards, "Embraceable You."

    CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2005 2005

  • So, now he's doing the last refuge of the rock - and-roll washed-up, which is, you know, recording standards, "Embraceable You."

    CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2005 2005

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