His hard-hitting hip-hop record Ill Manors accompanies his film of the same name - a tale of life on the streets of London.

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But since Mr Obama has such a short record in public life, voters have little to go on but their perception of his personality.

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"He had remarried so there was a glimmer of hope that he had turned his life around, " he told the Daily Record.

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They work closely with Eric Berman, the opposition-research maestro of the Democratic National Committee, his staff of half a dozen and their massive databases, composting the life and record of Bob Dole.

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T. janitor with a lengthy police record, Will is perfectly content carousing his life away with his buddies in this salt-of-the-earth milieu.

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Its subsequent success prompted the duo to reunite and record another album entitled Sounds of Silence in 1966, which Garfunkel said was a life changer for him and his partner, Simon.

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Moser, the Italian legend whose record changed Obree's life all those years ago, provided a neat summation of the man in the foreword to his autobiography.

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