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The Blue Devils went more than 8 minutes without a field goal in the first half Wednesday night, and a sellout became a blowout for No. 25 Miami, which delighted a boisterous crowd with a 90-63 victory.
NPR: No. 1 Duke Routed By No. 25 Miami 90-63
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After the canvas was cleaned, it became clear that Ensor's nightmarish vision of a boisterous city boulevard teeming with banners, placards and a massed, modern rabble was shaped not only by the artist's deep-seated pessimism but by his critical view of contemporary art, captured here in dazzling displays of virtuoso painting that are as variable, original and richly parodic as the painter's darkly comic brigade.
WSJ: A Macabre Kingdom of Masks | James Ensor | Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 | By Mary Tompkins Lewis
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Hamer, who also helped write the script, brings a dozen characters to boisterous life, including a sax player with wandering eyes (Sydney Tafler), his super-slick brother (John Slater), who owns an amusement arcade and fixes local fights, an unholy trio of small-time thieves, an infuriatingly self-important fence, an intrepid police inspector, and an irrepressible reporter.
NEWYORKER: It Always Rains on Sunday