The location has become so synonymous with the stranger moments in rock music history that the films Almost Famous and This Is Spinal Tap used the hotel as a filming location, both in an effort to add a bit of authenticity and as a wink to music fans in the know.

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Long before Mr Edwards went on trial, Louisiana's politicians were assumed to greet anyone who tried to do business in the state with a wink and an upturned palm.

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"No one in the audience noticed a difference, " Wink says.

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In April of 2000, a man named Gemini Wink was hiking through the swamps near Tampa, Florida, looking to take pictures of alligators.

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In a short preface Mr Kynaston says that his intention was to demythologise the City which had thought of itself as a village in which a man's word was his bond and discipline was administered by a nod and a wink from the governor of the Bank of England.

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As for the Biennale, organized by the Dallas Contemporary museum, the exhibit at the downtown Neiman Marcus includes neon sculptures by Ms. Fleury that wink at consumer culture and brash style in a city where "live large" is a motto.

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Wink never went away, and in fact the little firm has generated a fair amount of publicity by casting itself as the critical gateway between the consumer and the advertiser or retailer.

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Wink never went away, and in fact her little outfit has generated a fair amount of publicity by casting itself as the critical gateway between the consumer and the advertiser or retailer.

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