They came, not for religious freedom, but to get rich from digging sassafras, a commodity prized in Europe as a cure for the clap.

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As well as its true analog internals, there is a PCM engine for punchy clap and snare sounds, and a choice of parameters to allow a catalog of different drum sounds to be generated.

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Other bands announced for the festival include Wilco, CSS, The Magic Numbers and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

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Thank heavens then for every so often being able to dabble in a spot of nostalgia, and clap our eyes on Geoff Hurst scoring a hat trick in England's 1966 World Cup triumph.

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It's the same clap to the head you get while watching 60 Minutes or network news while having to endure all those ads for Cialis and Flomax.

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