Here at the over-the-top Gaylord Opry Resort in Nashville, the crowds and media horde is out in full force, even before things get into full swing.
Among the most memorable: a Cup Noodle ad in which the tables are turned on a horde of hungry cavemen in pursuit of dinosaur dinner.
The Paul campaign also contributed to the horde by busing in about 100 pro-Paul college students from Massachusetts.
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Random House, America's biggest publisher, then secured the rights for a seven-figure sum and released a horde of copies in April.
An elephant munching on a tree here, a hyena crossing the road there, being stopped by a horde of camels in between.
Going with Android would have put Nokia in direct competition with not only Samsung and HTC, but also Sony, LG and a horde of handset manufacturers in the emerging markets.
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Apple and the horde of Android smartphones in the market have created two firmly entrenched ecosystems that customers have familiarized themselves with.
So, hurrah and all that for Oak Trail, but this new processor represents just the vanguard in a horde that will follow it over the next several years as the battle for high mobility intensifies.
In the subsequent quarters, Nokia managed to hold its ground with the launch of Asha full-touch smartphones, which competed effectively against the horde of cheap Android smartphones in emerging markets.
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But the cash horde, once again, would come in handy.
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When Britain, the colonial power, left Nigeria, it handed authority not to traditional rulers, who were viewed as having some legitimacy, but to doctors, lawyers and the horde of literate hustlers who did well in the British bureaucracy and the British army and now make up Nigeria's ruling class.
He and Winstone met at Earls Court in 1965, but the travelling horde of 12, 000 Welshmen saw their man lose a narrow points decision.
Hence the free case solution, which will probably satisfy some, infuriate others, and never even blip onto the radar of many of the massive horde of consumers that's devoured this product in unprecedented numbers.
And then, unlike small-market managers who can toil in relative obscurity, you meet with a horde of media.
The painting's panoramic scale, the proximity and wealth of its detail, and the drumbeat advance of Ensor's dystopian horde force the spectator to scramble to take it all in.
Having lost their houses - and loved ones in many cases - no one is rushing to horde food.
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And in the 20th century, there is Claude Pepper, the populist senator during the New Deal who went on to serve many years in the House pushing benefits for Florida's swelling horde of retirees.
Companies horde cash when they feel there is not a good enough reason to invest in other companies, or in production or labor due to weak economic fundamentals.
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Armed with the iPhone 4S, the Lumia as well as a horde of cheaper Android handsets, China Telecom looks set to ride the widespread 3G transition in the coming years.
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"As this horde finishes with the coins of Tiberius, it could date to either the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, or possibly the Boudicca revolt in AD 61, it's difficult to say either way, " said Mr Marsden.
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