Ursula K. Le Guin and Marilynne Robinson, John Crowley and Padgett Powell.

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Elizabeth Edwards played a key role in convincing her husband to continue his campaign, a source close to both John and Elizabeth Edwards told CNN's Candy Crowley.

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John Tiffany has staged "Once" with appropriate simplicity on an unpretentious set designed by Bob Crowley.

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Democratic challenger John, 44, started working in public service when he was 23 years old and elected to the Crowley City Counsel in 1983.

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