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Much is made of the musical influences of the ``almost UCLA alum,'' from classical (he jokingly and self-effacingly made a number of references Friday on how his work pales next to that of great composers like Shostakovich) to music of the South (where he spent some time while growing up) to pop, rock and, of course, movie scores (having grown up in a family of film composers). The chancery's walls of glass and green granite self-effacingly reflect the foliage around them. But Sawyer and her ilk aren't really predators--after all, as she announced self-effacingly on the cover of TV Guide, "The truth is, I'm a wimp. |
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