Even bars on the Frenchmen Street strip, a quasi-Bourbon Street where jazz and rock clubs sprouted in the 1980s, often feature bands that have to pass the hat for tips.

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Doesn't this rather resemble the pay-for-play scandals of municipal finance, wherein elected treasurers pass the campaign hat around bond-underwriting firms?

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Captain Steven Gerrard was once more revelling in central midfield, and he almost set up Jermain Defoe with a precise lofted pass that the hat-trick hero of Friday's 4-0 win against Bulgaria fired well off target.

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Saracens actually took the lead in the first minute when Haughton's deft pass set up Argentine Leonelli for the first of his hat-trick, but Wasps hit back with three quick tries.

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Ness opened up the Motherwell defence with a weighted pass to Miller but the striker's hopes of a hat-trick were dashed by Randolph's alert save.

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Shearer completed his hat-trick with the last kick of the game as he took Milner's pass and smashed a 20-yard left-foot shot into the bottom corner.

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Gleeson then beat his opposite number to claim his second touchdown and completed his hat-trick with 61 minutes gone after taking Senior's long pass and cutting inside to deceive the back-tracking defenders.

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