Ashley Noffke edges out Brad Williams and left-armer Nathan Bracken for the fifth pace bowler's spot.

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But along with Brad Williams - thought unlucky by some to miss out as Gillespie's replacement - and Ashley Noffke, he is in the vanguard of Australia's next generation of seam bowlers.

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Councilmen Brad Lander and Jumaane Williams, who sponsored all the proposals, said they appreciated the "productive negotiations, " but lawmakers needed to go further than the inspector general proposal.

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Nobody is even remotely close to first-ballot consideration as first-timers such as Jeromy Burnitz, Vinny Castilla, Brian Jordan, Javy Lopez, Bill Mueller, Terry Mulholland, Phil Nevin, Brad Radke, Tim Salmon, Ruben Sierra, Bernie Williams, Tony Womack and Eric Young all could be one and done.

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The result with seven new songs by Mr. Robison and six from generation-crossing songwriters ranging from the veteran "gentle giant" Don Williams to Robert Earl Keen and Hayes Carll is a masterly collection, produced by Brad Jones, that is occasionally keyed to poignant storytelling but more often to rolling along with acoustic fiddle and banjo-driven grooves.

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We heard from people in Phoenix, New York City, Maine, Connecticut, Oakland, California, and Nevada, including Josh Ackerman, Jerry Kursin(ph), Hosea Tesery(ph), Brad Hayes, Anita DeVito(ph), Chris Brown, and Susie Nichol(ph), Maurice Williams(ph), Crissy Simpson(ph) and Joseph Mayo(ph).

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