He was a product of New York's Democratic machine, Tammany Hall, with no particular expertise in financial matters.

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Prosecutors said Kilpatrick ran a "private profit machine" out of Detroit's City Hall.

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The hours of killing time before riding over to the hall, the putrid vending-machine meals on the run, the way-too-early-in-the-morning vans to the airport -- the dreary parts all become more than worth it when, for an hour or so, the singers can once again personally deliver a bit of happiness to the audiences who still adore their music.

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The Jace Hall Show has just debuted an arcade machine that contains and plays virtually every video game in the history of the video games.

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In 1834, Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine.

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Witness to that are the arcade's dark blue carpet (salvaged from a Vegas convention hall), mismatched ceiling tiles and a change machine that Arnold scavenged from a dumpster behind the Golden Nugget casino.

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As an NBA player, "The Worm" was a rebounding machine and played on five championship teams on his way to the Hall of Fame.

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Just down the hall from where Starner works, sits Mr. Java, a coffee machine that knows if you like latte or expresso.

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