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...election was not accomplished in "Internet time." It was more in keeping with 18th-century standards, when the founders allowed weeks for electors to get to their capitols by horseback, and letters sometimes took months to reach their destination...
...Hoban had dramatically shrunk from L'Enfant's original dream house, it was still the biggest in America when Adams moved in on Nov. 1, 1800. His arrival at about noon from Philadelphia caused little stir when he came down Pennsylvania Avenue in a nondescript carriage, one manservant on horseback behind him. Adams did some routine work in a makeshift office on the first floor of the still unfinished structure, ate supper, then took a candle to make his way up a servants' winding staircase to his bedroom. The main staircase was not finished...
...pastry chef creates a gingerbread replica of the ranch that even includes recognizable ranch hands. After Christmas Eve dinner, Santa arrives on a sleigh pulled by horses decked in bells and wreaths to hand out a gift to each child. On Christmas Day a family can ride on horseback through the forest before a feast that features a turkey on every table...
...invention of the stirrup--enabling armored knights to fight on horseback--changed history. The modem has done much the same thing. It has supplied millions with a weapon that allows them to fire instantaneous opinions through the air like tracer bullets and thus engage in daily cultural warfare on a scale never seen before in history...
...handover ceremony four years ago, when inflatable kangaroos bounced on bicycles, Sydney's show was relatively cringe-free. "It was everything we wanted and more," said Sydneysider Heather Georgulis, speaking for many. "It was very Australian and made you proud to be an Australian." With 120 stockmen on horseback, 900 indigenous performers and 100 lawn mowers variously arabesquing across the stage, the mood called to mind a backyard corroboree. Stilt walkers and flaming Ned Kellys added levity, and complex logistics were made to look like child's play. "I wasn't scared," said aerial star Nikki Webster, who flew...