QUES: " Spring has arrived in Estonia -- we 're back in Europe , " Prime Minister Juhan Parts told a news conference on Sunday .

" Spring has arrived in Estonia - we 're back in Europe , " Juhan Parts , prime minister , told a news conference last night .

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QUES: Last year Bloomberg boycotted the parade because he wanted to march with two actors from " The Sopranos . "

Last year , Bloomberg snubbed the affair after being told he couldn 't march with cast members of the " The Sopranos . "

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QUES: PeopleSoft also said it expects the acquisition to close in the third calendar quarter of 2003 .

PeopleSoft said the JD Edwards acquisition would close in the third quarter .

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yes