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  • That much she showed Thursday, when she opened her appearance before reporters in New Orleans -- where she's set to headline the Super Bowl XLVII halftime performance Sunday -- with a stirring, a cappella rendition of the national anthem.

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  • But then Lisette was rarely called on in math class sometimes she shut her eyes, pretending that she was thinking really hard, and when she opened them there was one of the three or four smart kids in the class at the board, taking the chalk from Nowicki.

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