Four decades later, he has his own chorus boys to back him up.

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For the last two years the volume has been rising and the only thing missing seems to be a chorus of back up singers like the Raelettes.

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And yesterday, the White House joined that chorus and promised to do everything possible to get the taxpayers' money back.

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She was working nights at a restaurant in the Village, then going home to Brooklyn and waking in the dark to put on full makeup and stand in line for early-morning chorus calls back in Manhattan.

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Still, I thought Skylar got into a comfortable groove once the chorus kicked in, and she somehow managed to caress that keytar player's back for like 10 seconds without coming off as a weirdo.

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Now, a growing chorus of middle-class parents say they're bringing that sensibility to family life, cutting back on all the music lessons, sports practices and summer camps and trying to enjoy life more by doing less.

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