On this occasion, the cast of thousands will be bedecked in Rangers bunting rather than sandals and togas.

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Metrosexuals aren't exactly new--think of all those ancient Greek discus throwers wearing togas.

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No, in the fall of 1999 the Fed chief wheeled up to the party with Bud kegs and togas.

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In fact, a recent study conducted by German researchers using tree ring data reveals that 2, 000 years ago Romans wore cool togas with good reason.

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The staff were all decked out in togas and they had a snack table with everything from Charcuterie to an actual roasted pig, replete with apple in its mouth.

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Not togas or beer bongs, but pumpkins.

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Or the togas and laurel wreaths?

ECONOMIST: A governor��s resignation is a blow for Silvio Berlusconi

Michele Dotti, writing in Il Fatto Quotidiano , focuses more on Mr Berlusconi's repeated claims that he is the victim of a political conspiracy conducted by what he considers to be a left-leaning judiciary, which he often refers to scathingly as "le toghe rosse" or "the red togas".

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