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"Maksim Chmerkovskiy has said that he is pleased with Dancing with the Stars partner Kirstie Alley&amp;#039;s efforts in their training sessions.  Posting on his Twitter page, the professional dancer admitted that he is &amp;quot;impressed&amp;quot; with the hard work Alley is putting into the process.  &amp;quot;[Kirstie] is trying really hard to impress me! I must admit.........I&amp;#039;m impressed!&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;Having an absolute blast at rehearsals so far.&amp;quot;  Alley previously described the strenuous rehearsal schedule for the show as &amp;quot;really hard&amp;quot;.  The new season of Dancing with the Stars kicks off March 21 on ABC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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