All eras of church histories have seen different popes for different times, so perhaps what the church needed was a quiet pope after a boisterous papacy.

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The movie is cheery, convivial, and swift: for ninety minutes, stunning images, drawn from all eras of movie history, pass before us, and we listen to a couple of dozen veteran cinematographers speaking about what they do.

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And the evidence shows that across different eras, all wins are not created equally.

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In both eras, Hines is all over the place his piano is a major factor in sparking the band, driving the beat and shaping the overall phrasing.

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Fans can compare players of different eras and dream up their own all-time all-star team.

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The point was to equalize the variance of the numbers among different eras by looking at how the all-time greats statistically stacked up to their peers during the time in which they played.

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It all adds up to different statistical norms during different eras.

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Choreographer Patricia Wilcox has all the cast dance in the familiar styles of their respective eras and also has a few big tricks up her sleeve, as the well-executed "Dancing in the Streets" production number in Act 1 and the "Ball of Confusion" performance that opens Act 2.

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But while most of the pitchers ahead of him on the list were at least partly to blame (seven had ERAs over 5.00) Hamels has pretty much been the same All Star pitcher he was in 2012.

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