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We Are All Sopranos

By MARTHA BAYLES

After a one-year hiatus during which loyal fans had to content themselves with reruns, HBO's hit series, The Sopranos, returned to the airwaves this fall amid worries that it might have lost its resonance. One danger was that the producers would start believing the cliché that the show's amazing popularity stems from cable TV's ability to push the envelope on the depiction...

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