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...Freemasons led the way by rank, followed by the district federal commissioners and then a good body of "Gentlemen of the town and neighborhood"; and last came "the different artificers, et cetera... The ceremony was performed by brother Casaneva, master of the lodge, who delivered an oration well adapted to the occasion." President George Washington was working in Philadelphia...
Later that night, I sat in my room, surfing the net when I stumbled upon a picture that made me yelp. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present exhibit A: a photo of Christina Aguilera. Now look carefully at this image of the sultry Christina on your left. Do you see it? Those googly eyes, that fiery flourescent hair, the jewels in her belly? Aha! I put two and two together and quickly drew a supply and demand curve...
...doctors, their surrogates, even their wives - they had everybody expecting a shootout. Instead, anyone who took the time to tune in Thursday night to the traditionally superfluous vice-presidential debate got to see a pair of confident, articulate, serious and dignified number-two men have a gentlemanly discussion - and gentlemen's disagreements - about the right direction for America and the current state of the world...
...with me, ladies and gentlemen, Svetlana Khorkina. Thank God for Russian divas! America could never produce a Dostoyevskian heroine like Khorkina - with her razor sharp hair line, her aquiline features, her glares, her screams, her wails, her brilliant hits and her spectacular crashes. At the team competition, she moped and giggled, smiled and cried, and chewed the scenery so viciously that she almost single-handedly destroyed her team and then brought them roaring back. And if all the drama wasn't enough, the image of her angrily tearing off her silver medal at the end of the night was enough...
...skirmishes between the nationalists and communists and by shelling from the Japanese. "Mr. Banks," a woman says, "do you have any idea at all how relieved we all feel now that you're finally with us?" He, in turn, assures a crowd of nervous well wishers: "Ladies and gentlemen. I can well see the situation here has grown rather trying. And I have no wish to raise false expectations at such a time. But let me say I would not be here now if I were not optimistic about my chances of bringing this case, in the very near future...