While the TV and still cameras crowded in, the chairman of the committee, Ike Skelton, allowed all the members of the committee with the least seniority to ask their questions first, perhaps a tip of the hat to the wave of new Democratic lawmakers elected last fall.
It means e-mailing photographs and mailing swatches of outfits to match the hats, hours of chatting on the phone and even using software to "try on" a hat (a feature Siverson's website offers) or a virtual "sitting room" with everything from a "millinery mugshot" to photos of the hat in progress on Conti's site.
Mallya alone will need to pull a rabbit out of his hat to save this airline in 2013.
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Meanwhile, Notebaert still needs to pull something out of his hat in order to turn around Qwest's fortunes.
"I love making the bodies of the hat out of the silk dupioni, but then when it gets to trimming the hat, and I can actually take a strip of fabric and weave it, wind it and swirl it up with silk organza into a rose curl or a Marguerite, and I feel like a sculptor, " Steinmann said.
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An extended family of aunts and uncles and cousins who you could turn to at the drop of the hat, if you ever got caught doing something improper on the street.
JohnMackJohn Mack, Morgan Stanley's chief executive who arrived there in 2005 and set out to juice profits by taking on more risk, will have to find another rabbit to pull out of his hat next quarter.
John Mack , Morgan Stanley's chief executive who arrived there in 2005 and set out to juice profits by taking on more risk, will have to find another rabbit to pull out of his hat next quarter.
Uganda are aiming to become the first team to win a hat-trick of Cecafa Challenge Cup titles since Kenya triumphed from 1981 to 1983.
Strachan's successor will have a hard act to follow since he was the first Celtic manager to clinch a hat-trick of titles since Jock Stein, despite having significantly less money to spend than acclaimed predecessor Martin O'Neill.
The new round of street turmoil in Spain and Greece may mean that Europe needs to pull another rabbit out of the hat over the next two months.
The re-working was said to have followed a dismissive comment by a visitor to Wallington who called the work "a painting of a hat and ruffles" - but the identity of the real artist is still open to speculation.
The parade's theme this year was "Oh, the Places You'll Go, " a tip of the hat to children's author Dr. Seuss.
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Connacht seemed set to grab a rare win at Parc y Scarlets thanks to a hat-trick of tries from wing Fionn Carr.
In an intriguing tip of the hat to a tradition on its way out, if not already dead and buried, the fiery nobleman Adriano is written for a woman.
Elliot, who had a profitable spell on loan at Livingston during the first half of the season - scoring 11 times, had earlier passed up a number of opportunities to claim his hat-trick.
He has also had spells at Catalan giants Barcelona and Ajax Amsterdam, where he forged his reputation by leading them to a hat-trick of Dutch league titles from 1994-1996 and the European Champions League in 1995.
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So the following year, with a tip of the hat to his past life sparring over corporate assets, Pinault prevailed in a vicious battle with the Guggenheim Foundation to take over the nearly 40, 000-square-foot Punta della Dogana.
After investing anywhere from three weeks to an entire year into the making of a hat, a connection forms between the milliner, eager to hear her customer's response, and the wearer, who usually picks up the phone as soon as the box arrives, squealing.
Giles Long missed out on his chance to complete a hat-trick of S8 100m butterfly crown.
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There are still many rabbits to be pulled out of this magic hat.
"There should be technology that's pre-existing and ready to deploy at the drop of a hat, " said one former Transocean executive.
Saudi princes claim to be able to goose production from 9 million barrels a day to 12 at the drop of a hat.
Quickly setting herself apart herself most other denizens of reality TV willing to get in a fist fight at the drop of a hat, Frankel is all business.
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My sense is that, left to his own devices, Mr Cable would be minded to go for the hat trick of new and significant constraints on top people's pay.
Meanwhile, having retained the title last year with an unbeaten run in the County Championship, Durham are bidding to become the first county to win a hat-trick of titles since Yorkshire between 1966-68.
Things have gotten so technical and legalistic in the NFL that both Fox and ESPN employ retired officials to be ready to comment at the drop of a hat during a game broadcast.
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