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[Victor]

A couple of interesting IMO uses in two grafs of a Reuters story.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4BQ06I20081231

...The agents struggled to hold back people trying to get closer to snap
pictures of Obama eating a tuna and melted cheese sandwich and the
*girls enjoying shave ices*, a local treat made from finely shaved ice
and fruit syrup.

Earlier, as Obama strolled through a mall parking lot, dozens of
onlookers swarmed around, snapping pictures and cheering while Secret
Service agents tried to keep a protective screen around *the soon-to-be
first family*.

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