Ms. Williams gave the best performance among the Spirit Awards winners with a touching acceptance speech acknowledging her kinship with low-budget independent filmmakers and recalling her first time at the ceremony a decade ago.

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Phifer, who is well known for his roles in Soul Food and Clockers, infuses his performance with just the right spirit.

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The spirit and the performance was there we had a great go.

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But with subtle details, countertenor Ryland Angel and the Trinity violins, led by concertmaster Robert Mealy (who was key to the spirit of this performance), turned it into a nuanced picture of the Passion of Christ.

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The Republic are hoping their performance in these finals, and the spirit created by their fans, will help their claims to jointly host the 2008 European Championship finals.

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She announced the extra money as she met members of Edinburgh-based band The Blueswater whose performance at the festival last summer saw them collect a Mervyn Stutter Spirit of the Fringe award.

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My hope is that all banks will not only comply with the letter of the law, but also with the spirit of it as well, offering reasonable pay for performance, as well as pay that is appropriately sensitive, or leveraged, to performance.

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Likewise, the best of MOOCs should be able bring together ideal, heterogeneous groupings of students based on their profiles and past performance, and also create ample opportunities for them to engage with one another in the spirit of learning.

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