The carriage announcement proves a much-needed boost for the fledgling movie channel, which offers access to more than 15, 000 films, including the Tyler Perry and James Bond franchises, as well as original series on multiple platforms.

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And yet, top bloggers include academics and commentators whose work would qualify them as public intellectuals by any traditional measure for example, Tyler Cowen, Daniel Drezner, James Fallows, Steven Levitt, Lawrence Lessig and Andrew Sullivan.

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He credits the show's staying power to its timing ("We were in the right place at the right time, " he told The Associated Press), the power of producer James L. Brooks ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show, " the movie "Broadcast News") and its animated format, which allowed the show to avoid meddling Fox note-givers.

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William Tyler, a descendant of President John Tyler, runs Sherwood Forest, the family plantation on the James River in Charles City, Va.

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Tyler is the first Welsh act to represent the UK at Eurovision since James Fox in 2004, whose song, Hold On to Our Love, finished in 16th place.

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It was played at the inaugurations of Presidents Martin Van Buren in 1837 and John Tyler in 1841, according to historians, and during the administration of President James Polk from 1845 to 1849 it became routinely played any time the president entered a room during public occasions.

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