Biden and Obama's end-of-night appearance together capped a day filled with theatrical moments.

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The White House meeting came with the Senate back in town for a rare end-of-year appearance before a new Congress convenes January 3.

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The company complains, in a lawsuit against Warnaco, that its high-end image has been eroded by the appearance of CK apparel in mass-market stores like Costco.

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By the end of his Milan-San Remo appearance the cold had taken such a grip on him that he had to be helped out of his cycling threads by the director of his MTN-Qhubeka team, Africa's first pro-continental outfit.

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Fly-half Robinson, in his 100th appearance for the Blues, popped over a drop-goal to end the session.

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"You all dress up pretty nice, " he quipped at the end of a long day, when he made a white-tie appearance at the inaugural balls.

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