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Thu 03 Mar 2009Obama brings buzz back to Washington St Patrick's bash
It was an old-style St Patrick’s Day party, writes DENIS STAUNTONin Washington
THE WAITERS carrying trays of green champagne at the White House on Tuesday evening had to run a treacherous obstacle course as they dodged pipers, drummers and hundreds of guests crammed into the East Room and the State Room. It was a far cry from the stilted, mid-morning receptions favoured by the teetotal former president George Bush, even if it didn’t quite match the raucous sprawl of the parties of the Clinton years.
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