The photo-finish added some spice to what was otherwise one of the most lackluster days in years.
At one point, the Spice Route stretched from India to Rome, passing through Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia and what was then Judea.
Five years ago, they decided that one way they could spice up the idea flow was to invite some of the smartest tinkers and thinkers they knew for a throw-down of ideas.
In the most simple sugar and spice models, the market settles on one price for each commodity.
Their brewing methods may be complicated and their spice mixtures elusive and beguiling, but one needn't dwell on that.
We had all witnessed the awkward sight at the end of the show when four of the Spice Girls leapt to their feet as one and loudly applauded the performers, only to discover that everyone else had remained in their seats.
Meanwhile Geri's World Walkabout on BBC One - which showed the former Spice Girls singer talking to young people around the planet about their lives and beliefs - could only muster an average of 3.6 million viewers.
In Gazza's absence, the creative mantle in the English team is likely to fall on David Beckham, a Manchester United midfielder, soon to marry one Victoria Adams, also known as Posh Spice.
To spice things up, the Senate Committee invited Facebook to join the grill-out, giving one privacy advocate from Common Sense Media the opportunity to make fun of the social network for its recent failed PR attack on its co-testifier.
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Meanwhile Geri Halliwell is said to be so "interested" by a show called The Spice Trail, a promenade performance which features a troupe of Sikh drummers in kilts and a one-time Indian national yoga champion, that she is expected to attend the show.
One restaurant served its signature duck with a fragrant chili mixture that contained just a hint of the spice's citrusy brightness and numbing edge.
He also treated us to his solo guitar treatments of two jazz standards ("But Beautiful" and "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"), as well as one of his own solo guitar compositions, "Venezuelan Nights, " from his recent CD The Spice of Life.
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