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be a hard/tough act to follow

to be so good it is not likely that anyone or anything else that comes after will be as good Last year's thrilling Super Bowl, when the New York Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20-19 will be a hard act to follow. The new Chairman knows his predecessor is a tough act to follow.

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