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This is great stuff. A neighborhood in Sydney is fighting to take its streets back from hoods and low-lifes by using the one thing they fear most: Barry Manilow music.
Officials plan to pipe the Manilow music through loudspeakers in hopes that lyrics like ”…but I sent you away…” will do just that.
This is not a totally new idea. Several years ago, Bing Crosby music was used to drive teenage loiterers out of an Australian shoppng center. I am not making this up.
Of course, exactly what life will be like in a neighborhood made up only of Barry Manilow fans remains to be seen. Here’s the story: 
Barry Manilow performs in Beverly Hills on October 10, 2005. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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