If castaway cigar butts once were the floor symbol of the male-dominated convention, the equivalent symbol this year is a litter of women's pumps.
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Peter Utley, the newspaper's obituary editor cheerfully checked with Primrose Palmer, his assistant, on the day's soul traffic. The late archbishop from New Zealand sounded promising, it was agreed, but then again it was lunch time, and who knew what had been happening in some now-ending life.Francis Clines
Death's sting has a new meaning now that the Times of London is including candid descriptions of human peccadilloes in its obituaries.
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A mass of Victorian wiles and granite that resembles a battleship in the rain and a wedding cake in the sun.
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Delegates crane their gaze at overhead screens. The producers, using fast-cutting close-up shots, have added the narcissistic touch of allowing delegates to watch themselves watch themselves at a convention of people watching them.
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A show of police force worthy of a banana republic is the latest attraction on the cobbled streets of Georgetown.
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