However,many of Nashville's current country music performers lost instruments and equipment when a storage center was flooded.
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Former Public Advocate Mark Green, the Democrat who lost to current Mayor Michael Bloomberg nearly 12 years ago, said his opponents' private lives didn't loom large during his fiercely contested City Hall run.
Second seed Sharapova, who missed out on a return to the top of the rankings when she lost to current No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in January's Melbourne final, survived a spirited fightback from fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko .