They would serve a special dinner, set a place for him at the table, chat with him.

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Some congressional hearings were postponed, but the House of Representatives managed to approve legislation to prevent a government shutdown on March 27 and President Barack Obama was set to have dinner with GOP senators at a hotel on Wednesday night.

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After a rendezvous with the dog sitter, and a last dinner of wilted salad, we set our phone alarms, hoping there would be enough charge to get us up in time.

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In the China Room, a table has been set to illustrate the joy of families sitting down to enjoy a holiday dinner.

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So ladies, the guy you've recently started seeing is set to take you on that first big dinner date to a nice restaurant.

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So complete was this crush that the teenager set a place for Waitkus, whom she'd never met, at the family dinner table.

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At a recent somewhat sumptuous dinner with friends, someone remarked that all worries about excess calories being consumed should be set aside.

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But it's not a big hassle to set it up to grab music from your favorite channels while you drive or cook dinner.

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