"If you represent special interests, I can seat you immediately."
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, host, hosts, maitre d', head waiter, head waiters, front of house, service, customer service, seat, seats, seating, table, tables, government, government, politics, political, washington, d.c., washington dc, capitol hill, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, american politics, american government, special interests, special interest group, special interest groups, sig, sigs, lobbying, lobbyist, lobbyists, unethical, ethics, corruption, vip, vips, v.i.p., v.i.p.s, very important people, very important person, special, special treatment, preferred treatment, preferential treatment"So, for Ralph, Betsy, and the rest of us here at Action News, good night!"
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newscaster, newscasters, host, hosts, anchor, anchors, anchorman, anchormen, anchorwoman, anchorwomen, news, news station, tv, television, tvs, televisions, reporter, reporters, journalism, journalist, journalists, dance, dancing, dancer, dancers, work, coworker, coworkers, colleague, colleagues"In case of a loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop down in front of you for two dollars."
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airline, airlines, airplane, airplanes, aeroplane, aeroplanes, flying, stewardess, stewardesses, host, hostess, air, oxygen, oxygen mask, oxygen masks, mask, masks, loss of cabin pressure, cabin, cabins, emergency, safety, safety precautions, safety precaution, take-off, speech, presentation, passenger, passengers, dollar, dollars, money, nickel-and-dime, nickel and dime, overcharge, overcharging, charge for everything, pay, cost, costs, costs of flying, cost of flying"Certainly. A party of four at seven-thirty in the name of Dr. Jennings. May I ask whether that is an actual medical degree or a Ph.D.?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, eating, dining, reserving, reservation, reservations, dinner, waiter, waiters, server, servers, host, hosts, booking, name, names, language, languages, english, grammar, honorific, honorifics, title, titles, prefix, prefixes, dr, dr., doctor, doctors, medical, medicine, education, degree, degrees, postgraduate, postgraduates, phd, ph.d., postgraduate doctoral degree, customer service, service, rude, bad manners"I feel that if I wait here long enough Oprah will give me something."
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talk show, talk shows, celebrity, celebrities, generous, charitable, charity, giving, give away, gift, gifting, gifted, free gifts, giveaways, host, hosts, viewer, viewers, fan, fans, lazy, freebies, handouts, donation, donations, optimistic, optimism, tv, tv show, tv shows, tv program, tv programme, tv programs, tv programmes, television, televisions, cable, cable tv"We didn't have time to pick up a bottle of wine, but this is what we would have spent."
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dinner party, dinner parties, party, parties, host, hosts, hostess, hostesses, gift, gifts, present, presents, wine, bottle of wine, money, cash, spending, consumerism, no time, manners, etiquette, bad manners, bad etiquette, crass, crude, modern life"I thank you guys for a wonderful time—and for giving me the opportunity to access some laughter!"
"Sure, they drank it - but did they get it?"
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wine, wines, wine drinker, wine drinkers, wine connoisseur, wine connoisseurs, wine expert, wine experts, wine enthusiast, wine enthusiasts, drink, drinks, drinker, drinkers, alcohol, fine wine, dinner party, dinner parties, guest, guests, host, hosts, hostess, hostesses, snob, snobs, snobby, pretentious, couple, couples, relationship, relationships, marriage, married, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, men, man, woman, women"I never watched him at eleven-thirty-five and I didn't watch him at ten, and now, once again, I won't be watching him at eleven-thirty-five."
"We're still moving in."
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move, moves, move in, moves in, moving in, box, boxes, moving box, moving boxes, unpack, unpacks, unpacking, dinner party, dinner parties, host, hosts, hosting, lazy, laziness, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastination, slacker, slackers, slack off, slacks off, slacking off"I sense a lot more going on with you than 'house-husband."
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house husband, house husbands, house-husband, house-husbands, house wife, house wives, house-wife, house-wives, stay at home dad, cocktail party, cocktail parties, host, hosts, hosting parties, interrogated, interrogation, question, questioning, hidden depths, dark horse, dark horses, hidden talent, hidden talents, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, flirt, gender issues"You remember Champ. . ."
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host, hosts, get together, gathering, friend, friends, introduction, introductions, horse, horses, animal, animals, guest, guests, entertain, entertainment, entertaining, champ, champion, champions, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners"And thanks for the potluck."
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noahs arc, noah's arc, genesis, book of genesis, great flood, the great flood, old testament, the old testament, lion, lions, potluck, potlucks, guest, guests, host, hosts, good host, good hosts, lion, lions, food chain, food chains, predator, predators, mistake, mistakes, big mistake, big mistakes, dinner guest, dinner guests"They're not dingy, Mother, they're unbleached."
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mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, child, children, kid, kids, childhood, visit, visiting, hosting, host, perfectionist, perfectionists, ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder, neat freak, clean freak, clean freaks, neat freaks, overbearing, control freak, family, families, son, sons"I've spent the summer speaking out against violence."
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summer, summer vacation, summer vacations, summer holiday, summer holidays, host, hosts, hostess, hostesses, small talk, make small talk, making small talk, speak out, speaks out, speaking out, activist, activists, activism, limousine liberal, limousine liberals, protest, protests, protesting, protester, protesters, elite, elites, elitist, elitists, elitism"Turning to the City Hall forecast, this brief period of contrition will be followed by increasing testiness, leading to major squalls on Monday."
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tv, tvs, television, televisions, news, anchor, anchors, host, hosts, meteorologist, meteorologists, meteorology, weather, weather forecast, weather forecaster, weather forecasters, forecast, forecasts, weatherman, weathermen, report, reporter, reporters, reporting, politics, politician, politicians, political, political leader, political leaders, government, governments"I wish we could stay longer, Adam, but Don just doesn't think the security's adequate."
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party, parties, host, hosts, guest, guests, security, safe, safety, insecure, insecurity, insecurities, paranoia, paranoid, suspicious, afraid, fearful, scared, violence, attack, attacks, terrorism, terrorists, psychology, mental health, modern life"We'll alternate the windbags with the hard-of-hearing."
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dinner party, dinner parties, host, hosts, hostess, hostess, party planning, party planner, party planners, seat, seats, seating, seating arrangement, seating arrangements, seating plan, seating plans, seating chart, seating charts, party, parties, dinner, dinners, guest, guests, diner, diners, alternate, windbag, windbags, talker, talkers, hard-of-hearing, waiter, waiters, server, servers, conversation, conversations, banquet, banquets"Now, you wait right here while I go ask my wife for a divorce."
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party, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties, bad timing, badly timed, poor timing, poorly timed, divorce, divorces, getting divorced, insensitive, insensitivity, drink, drinks, getting a drink, getting drinks, host, hosts, good host, good hosts, cheat, cheater, cheaters, infidelity, two timing, two timer, two timers, extramarital, extramarital affairs, affair, affairs, adulterer, adulterersOverfilling the Glass
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wine, pouring wine, overfill, overfilled, overfilling, dinner party, dinner parties, host, hosts, bad host, bad hosts, feeling threatened, threaten, threatening, intimidate, intimidating, intimidation, rich person, rich people, the one percent, the 1 percent, wealth divide, wealth gap, oblivious, obliviousness, class divide, class divisionThe Icebreaker
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talk show, host, hosts, late-night, tv, tvs, television, televisions, bar, bars, pub, pubs, drink, drinks, drinking, alcohol, cocktail, cocktails, icebreaker, icebreakers, breaking the ice, conversations, conversation, trying to fit in, fitting in, bartender, bartenders, reach out, reaches out, reaching out, awkward, awkwardness, tension, tensions, racial tension, racial tensions, casual racism, stereotype, stereotypes, stereotyping"Afterward, there will be a short Q. and A. that will be just long enough for one person to take up too much of it."
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