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And testament to its influence – aside from spawning a pop subculture and proto-breakdance moves – is the fact that the next decade's hipsters, from Marc Almond to Paul Weller, and svengalis from Pete Waterman to Ian Levine, took the train to Wigan and put the communal spirit of Casino soul into their work.

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And testament to its influence – aside from spawning a pop subculture and proto-breakdance moves – is the fact that the next decade's hipsters, from Marc Almond to Paul Weller, and svengalis from Pete Waterman to Ian Levine, took the train to Wigan and put the communal spirit of Casino soul into their work.

Wigan Casino voted greatest disco in the world 2011

While it's wrong to suggest that all female artists are manipulated by cigar-waving svengalis, there is frequently a sense that stars and their creative teams pragmatically pander to needs better met by adult websites.

Is pop music sexualising our children? 2010

I don't believe that the Republicans are all knowledgeable political svengalis who know who the most vulnerable candidate will be.

Rudy: Democratic Ticket In 2008 Will Be Hillary-Obama 2009

With a new album, Like Swimming, already completed, their Ryko contract was bought out in 1996 by Dreamworks, a big-budget startup label run by music biz svengalis Lenny Waronker and Mo Ostin.

Tony Sachs: Life After Death: The Legacy of Mark Sandman and Morphine 2009

Deans do not act as svengalis even if they have their own personal views and law students would not tolerate deans who would act as svengalis.

The Volokh Conspiracy » May California Employers Avoid Politically Controversial Employees? 2007

If you think for a minute she is making these decisions on her own about whether to go for paternity, whether -- she ` s under the rule of various svengalis, all the men in her life, all these -- everyone is pulling the puppet strings for this girl.

CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2006 2006

And there's his experience in government with Blair and Brown and the horrible svengalis like Alasteir Campbell and Peter Mandelson who cruise around him like sharks. toastjam 23 September 2011 10:14PM

The Guardian World News Polly Toynbee 2011

Economics is touted as a science and economists are treated as svengalis and magicians.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

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Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe Colin Campbell 2010