More and more, our music is a source of inspiration for European musicians more and more.

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But that lone success provided inspiration for a far more potent malaria vaccine that 20 years later is finally set to go into giant clinical trials next year at GlaxoSmithkline, where Ballou now works.

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Though the late '60s may be the main source of inspiration for Coyote, more contemporary comparisons can be made: In "I Can't Make It, " the playful melodies and spoken lyrics sound as if they could have come from the early Gay Parade era of Athens pop sensation, Of Montreal.

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They're more apt to look to Ireland and Britain for inspiration than to Germany and France.

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Such is artist Damien Hirst's love of the more genteel Panerai Italian watch brand that he uses them as inspiration for his art.

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On its seat, Van Gogh placed two novels and a candle that stood for the inspiration of the mind and intellectual light references to Gauguin's more cerebral method of painting.

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In addition, and more influentially, the monarch employed a western nanny for his children, whose story later became the inspiration for the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I.

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That comeback occurred before more than half the current Barcelona side was even born, so it's not much for inspiration.

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