Those changes are charted in scenes and production numbers that, one after another, feel as right as they sound (although Johnny O'Neill's gallant attempt to approximate Art Tatum doesn't quite cut the arpeggios).

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"Well, it didn't sound like a man, " Te'o said.

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O'Neill has built a defensively sound unit, that explodes going forward.

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While that makes Miers sound a bit like the coalition-building Sandra Day O'Connor, who's retiring from the court, LaBoon said Miers would not play a similar role.

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"We wanted to make it sound a bit like a Neil Young album, " says O'Brien, who recorded Becoming a Jackal with engineer and co-producer Tommy McLaughlin.

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The 1 o'clock position denotes if your mic is muted, while at 3 o'clock is a Dolby Digital status (stereo or surround sound).

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Even when the results are finalised, Mr O'Kane says that "schools which have suffered might still ask how sound these results are".

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Though meant to sound decisive, the slap reminded some viewers of a grumpy grandpa asking when his Jell-O would be served.

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