Word: midnight
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...family spent eight straight Christmases at Camp David, in large part because of the retreat's privacy, and were regular attenders of the chapel's candlelight service on Christmas Eve. Other Presidents and their families have opted to stay in Washington for the holiday. The Clintons traditionally went to midnight mass at the Washington National Cathedral and woke up in the White House on Christmas morning before heading south for vacation. President Reagan also remained in Washington over Christmas - reportedly so members of the Secret Service could be near their families - although Reagan didn't venture out to a local...
Parents waited in line seven hours to get into Toys "R" Us in Times Square when it opened at midnight on Black Friday, in search of Zhu Zhu hamsters, priced at a recession-friendly $8 but commanding 10 times as much on eBay. Robot rodents are an improvement, I suppose, from some fads past: in the mid-1800s, the hot toy was the naked, china Frozen Charlotte doll, modeled on a girl who went out to a party one winter night without her wrap because she wanted everyone to be able to admire her pretty dress; by the time...
...left a little before midnight, when Cassandra got bored, even though Jeff's wife didn't look bored at all. But most people closed the party, then the bar and then went upstairs to Colleen's suite. And apparently the potent mixture of nostalgia, Coors Light and a $122 investment caused some possibly otherwise married people to hook up. This, it turns out, is the reason spouses go to reunions. I'm definitely going to Cassandra's. Sure, it was an all-girls school, but I'm not taking any chances...
...sometimes go down to New York and take in a couple of plays...I’m an early-to-bed, early-to-rise kind of person. I rarely make a big deal out of New Year’s — I almost rarely stay up until midnight...
...some time between 10 p.m. and midnight on a predeterminded day of the week, Spring Greeney ’09 and her three housemates board their bikes and make the trek to a series of closed local grocery stores. They park their bikes behind the store, and open the side dumpster door...