First, this limits the odds of a Cinderella story cracking into the top 4.

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While the favorite is 2-3 in the finals over this span, only last year's final with Hunter Mahan over Rory McIlroy could really be considered a Cinderella story.

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It's a Cinderella story, but the problem is that the filmmakers haven't given us any reason to root for their wet-behind-the-ears Cinderella except that everyone else is being mean to her.

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Her failed marriage says to us that someone even more glorious than ourselves can be left, but her engagement tells us that there can be a Cinderella story at the end of the road: a mate who truly loves us, who wants to create a family, who will deliver security and unconditional love at last.

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Should a massive natural gas infrastructure build-out take place to move shale resources to market, with significant untapped feedstock potential, biogas could emerge as a clean energy Cinderella story over the next decade.

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For some, this will be a modern-day interpretation of the Cinderella story, unfolding in reality.

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