Then I informed him that the house is just a stone's throw from an inn where George Washington stayed during the American Revolution.

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Once again, Coachella indulged its fetish for reuniting British bands of the 1970s and '80s with New Order, Sparks and Friday-night co-headliners Blur and the Stone Roses, the latter apparently unknown to a crowd that stayed away from its set in droves.

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