We were told to stay away from the windows, as a brick came crashing towards us at one point.

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But, then you turn on the news and hear reports of the the horrific attacks on innocent people in Mumbai, our crashing economy, melting ice caps, and all of that imagined baby bliss fades away.

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Burberry's finale sent its guys down the U-shaped path through the crowd in clear plastic raincoats with a surprise (to them as well, it seemed) rainstorm crashing down, engineered to such a fine tolerance that none of the front-row grandees--inches away--so much as wet a knee.

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