Recently, the poor health of one of the hospital's staff members compromised the well-being of Amy's son: "On Saturday, as I woke up, I noticed that our nurse was sick, " she says.

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Amy has three well behaved little children.

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The usual suspects are mostly present: Feist, Emily Haines and Amy Millan, as well as members of Do Make Say Think, Tortoise and even The Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop.

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One who never criticised, and yet might well have done, given her stature, was Amy Clampitt, that mistress of the artful line and the syntactically convoluted stanza.

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He says they're built over decades and take commitment from people who care about the schools, politics and ultimately the well-being of the community, people like Amy Renfro, Joey Wiedner and their daughter.

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Ms. AMY WALTER (Editor in chief, Hotline): Well, thank you for having me.

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Ms. AMY McCLOSKEY (Proprietor, Madame X, New York City): Well, I'm not terribly fond of the Super Bowl, for obvious reasons.

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