He saw us now and paused, one hand gripping a button at the front of his coat.

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Employee got a late start because she was putting a rain coat on her cement duck in her front yard (because rain was expected later that day).

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After negotiating the labyrinth of security, coat checks and corridors, we were ushered into three seats in the front row of Gallery booth No. 7, less than two feet behind the C-SPAN cameras installed there to monitor the proceedings.

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