Word: pageants
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...terror had been going so well for George W. Bush that he threw a little party last week, inviting 179 of America's closest allies to the White House for a sun-soaked pageant of remembrance and resolve. On the six-month anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Bush thanked the "mighty coalition of civilized nations" for joining the war's first phase in Afghanistan and rallied them for the next one. "We're winning," he said...
...Lucien Smith ’03, a veteran of the Immediate Gratification Players improv troupe, emceed the pageant. Although he said he is a novice to the beauty pageant scene, he won the crowd early with an uncanny impression of President Bill Clinton...
...pageant took place beneath a rainbow-colored “Miss Harvard” banner decorated with “VANITAS” seals. After introducing themselves in a “First Impressions” segment, contestants strutted their stuff in the beachwear portion and faced off in a talent show. The three finalists also endured short interviews...
Poking fun at the glib answers to typical beauty pageant questions, several of the contestants told the judges they were competing on behalf of “Harvard peace” and “world peace...
Contestant Joseph S. Linhart ’03, who left the pricetags dangling from his plus-sized dresses from Oona’s costume shop, said the pageant gave him a new “appreciation for maternity wear,” won the “Miss Congeniality” award by vote of the other contestants...