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Number One.
Bidisha
BY THE TIME I DISCOVERED Ihe ehartx. it \\;I\ ahead} Inn late. ’l'he_\ id lwuwne _lll\l annther meanx nl inlni‘matinn aetpiixitinn. ne\t In maga/ine\. Ihe net and pxetidn—iiilaiilile Saturdat mnrning 'l‘\'. lltit imagine a time liel'nre \ladnnna. llnnna .\ir and Hnnatella \ermne Imagine a Britain nl‘ Ihe earl} Sllx \\ here e\ei'_\thing \\a\ in hlaek and white . .. \\’hen Ihe nl'l‘ieial \inglex ehartx began in NS}. l’rank SinaIra and l)nri\ l)a_\ the [mule t‘tltllhtlt‘lll Hl (‘anderel \\ L‘I'L‘ ttl‘lt‘l‘lllg up an axpiraIinnal glamntii' that \\a\ a lar et'_\ li'nm Ihe deprewed l'l\' eennnm}. lt mart tmIil Ihe end nI~ the deeade Ihat the ehartx hegan itx \ear ()I'l‘he ()tiill'. lil\ l\ l’rexle} gnt linIi\e\\i\e\ all \hnnk Iip h} lnnking like the kind nl’ gti_\ \\hn'd enme h} In \xnrk nn the garden in the \IIIIIIHL‘I'. and he \eI the mntild Inr \nln \l;Il'\I _\nimg. hnrn_\ and .A\meriean.
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ennxinneix hegan tn lle\ ll\ mtm'le 'l'heii‘ prelerenem nenl hand in hand with the eiilI nI eelehrit_\. the taxeinatinn nith heatit}. glamntir and drama. 'lliei‘e \\ ere nn nightelnhx. nn harx. ten hip \hnp\ nm\ide nl l.nndnn \nhnd} had _\et \kriIIen the l'IIlt'\ nl alternati\e gnnd Ia\Ie. \xhieh \xniild e\plain 'leri‘_\ .laelxx' l‘Fl hit \ingle 'Seaxnllx ln 'l‘he SIm'. \xhieh \.\a\ all ahnnt death. I mean. \thn hung/21thatfi’;\eInall}. l knim the anxxxer: m_\ paremx hntight it. I dnn't l\nn\\ \\lt_\.
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