This was a time of feasting for special interest groups and lobbyists, to put it mildly.
But there is far more to do in Tiradentes than feasting on five-course meals.
Wall Street took Thanksgiving Day off, of course, but returned from the feasting in a sour mood.
All this is preparation for an evening spent feasting on slow-roasted lamb or venison, accompanied by home-brewed nettle beer.
Independent software developers who create those apps are feasting in the Apple ecosystem.
The only thing that needs attention before the feasting begins is dipping sauce.
While enjoying a cold-meat platter, I watched my robed fellow patrons sipping beer and feasting on the day's special boiled crawfish.
This morning your blogger finds himself in Baltimore, eating oatmeal and yogurt at the Marriott and feasting on an unexpected delight.
The big two have been feasting on healthy profits, while the rest of the field has to battle for the leftovers.
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From Robert Downey Jr. to Courtney Love to the more recent Lindsay Lohan, underwriting companies have long been feasting on Hollywood's wayward.
They were apparently feasting delightedly on one another in my back rooms.
Feasting, particularly on pork, is attested by excavated remains of animal bones.
Imagine the value millions driving in cars sending mapping data back to Google and feasting on various Google apps (and therefore search).
They'll be feasting on the cuisine of Chef Andrew Fairlie, whose culinary skills are described as unashamedly French but with a Scottish twist.
In recent weeks, some officials have been feasting secretly at the public's expense after the government introduced curbs last December on extravagant official receptions.
After feasting on a buffet, the ministers took to the dance floor, outside the elegant pool gardens of the hotel, next to the golf course.
Millhone's multitudinous admirers will find themselves feasting on revelations about her past and how those events and emotions helped shape her into what she has become.
Granted they have been feasting on some miserable opponents (Cleveland, Phoenix, Sacramento, Charlotte, Washington), but there are wins in there against Oklahoma City and Indiana as well.
"I was 12 years old and it was beyond cool to see zombies attacking those hapless people, smashing in windows and feasting on human flesh, " iReporter Ivy remembered.
Japanese derby fans are feasting on the Yokosuka Sushi Rollers.
After we Baby Boomers finish feasting on your paychecks, leaving you nothing for your own retirement, who do you think is going to support you in your old age?
Growing numbers of people are becoming hostile to immigration, which is no surprise when the economy is stagnant and political elites are feasting in a world of their own.
Footage of three-foot worms and carnivorous starfish feasting on a seal carcass at the bottom of the Antarctic, from the Life series, was shown on screens during the show.
Tellingly, those most bothered by greedy businessmen, (who generally profit by pleasing customers), appear unperturbed by greedy politicians even as government power derives from feasting on the wealth of others.
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This Thanksgiving holiday, seven Next Avenue staffers will take a look around the table, cherishing the moment and feasting on memories, despite the absence of someone or something special.
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Epidemiological studies have found that bad living--smoking, drinking too much alcohol, feasting on cheeseburgers--is responsible for 80% of one's risk of heart disease and almost all of the risk of diabetes.
So in addition to a healthy local population of bald eagles, hundreds of other eagles from Canada and New England spend the winters around here, feasting on fish, geese and ducks.
This celebration of music, dance, handicrafts, gastronomy, religious ceremonies and feasting takes place in honour of three Catholic saints: Saint Anthony Abbot, Our Lord of Esquipulas and, most importantly, Saint Sebastian.
But what's it like to follow these punishing routines after a frenzy of festive season feasting - and does the pain of adhering to a new way of eating pay off?
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