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“You have the ability to have your own wave, and everybody’s rooting for you to make your wave as opposed to getting yelled at in the lineup as a beginner or intermediate level surfer.”

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Many in the industry were rooting for Ellison to get control of long-moribund Paramount.

"It feels really empowering when you make the decision and you make the announcement, because everyone's rooting for you," he recalls.

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He can call both the Dodgers and Blue Jays a home team, but he is rooting for Toronto in this World Series.

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Thanks to the Blue Jays’ presence in the World Series, there are now two entire countries that will be rooting against them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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