It is less thrilling than yesterday's weather forecast, yet Mr Gillmeister's opinions become ever more fanciful, until he finds himself maintaining that Count Voss's trip to the green courts of the British Isles resembled the quest of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's itinerant knight.

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" he says, referring to Larry King's penchant for wearing them. (CNN International anchor Richard Quest is fond of suspenders as well.) "So I thought, why not join the ranks?

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"I'm disappointed, but undeterred in our quest to bring NBA basketball back to the Pacific Northwest, " said King County Executive Dow Constantine.

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