So, I wish you all a happy, healthy, peaceful and very successful 2012.

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So with that, everybody, I want to wish you all a merry Christmas.

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So on behalf of our family, I also want to wish you all a happy Easter and a happy Easter Egg Roll.

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It was very emotional and I wish to say a big, big thank you to them all.

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As a fellow runner (but not running the LNM), I wish you all the best.

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And to all the Christian families who are celebrating the Resurrection, Michelle and I wish you a blessed and joyful Easter.

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In 1998, for instance, Brian Friel wrote an adaptation of "Uncle Vanya" in which Anton Chekhov's quintessentially Russian tale of impoverished aristocrats at bay is translated into a subtly Irish-accented version of English in which "Well, I wish you all the best of luck!"

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It's at this point, in fact, that I wish I could narrate this review in GIFs, or at least show you a candid-camera-style video of all the people who tried and failed to put the dock together while swinging by my desk.

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