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• Slavonic Dances provide -- akin to Chopin's mazurkas —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
• 'Every band wants to say that they are evolving,' says Casey Crescenzo about ACT III: LIFE AND DEATH, 'and that with each new record they are tapping into a new era for the band-usually spouting off a phrase akin to' This record is so much more melodic-the heavy parts are heavier, and the soft parts are more serene. '
• News Microsoft's hypervisor offering is just a piece of the virtualization puzzle without the surrounding parts -- akin to tires without a car, says VMware executive. —  ZDNet Asia Latest Tech News
• David Himmelstein, cofounder of Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP), calls the HCAN proposal "a superficially attractive health reform that has a long record of failure -- akin to prescribing a placebo for a serious illness when effective treatment is available." —  CounterPunch
• Their sense of humor was curiously akin, and Blue Bonnet knew, without being told, what mental picture filled Alec's mind Why not have a ride this morning,--there's plenty of time before noon," suggested Uncle Joe. —  Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party

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