The Wexford teenager broke her own Irish record by 16 seconds with 8:19.45 and came in behind Italy's Frederica Pelligrini and Hungary's Boglarka Kapas in Eindhoven.

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Such talent has allowed Eigsti's to share the stage with the likes of Dave Brubeck, James Moody, Bobby Hutcherson, Kevin Mahogany, Bill Watrous, Frederica von Stade, Diane Schuur, Alan Broadbent, Ira Sullivan, Rufus Reid and Shelly Berg, among others.

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Kennedy Profile in Courage Award during an evening that included performances by Broadway stars Bernadette Peters and Brian Stokes Mitchell, opera singers Denyce Graves and Frederica von Stade, singer James Taylor, actress Lauren Bacall, comedian Bill Cosby and others.

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" Says Democratic state representative Frederica Wilson, who is pressing Bush to open a grand jury investigation into the DCF's disasters: "If he doesn't stop and get a handle on this, he's going to look clueless and heartless come fall.

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