On this resplendent evening, all the trappings to sate a sultan's appetite were present, though it's a good bet that Suleiman the Magnificent never saw such an ornate fountain of molten chocolate.

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The ceremony Friday at which Tesla delivered the first Model S cars had all the trappings of a typical auto company pep rally, save for an actual marching band.

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Even Vladimir Putin's Russia seeks to adopt the trappings if not the substance of criminal justice.

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Fans of regular TV will find comfort in Aereo's Guide, which includes all the trappings of a TV program guide with channels listed on the left and days and times running across the top of the screen.

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For starters, the art is sometimes housed in what used to be the absurdly rich collector's mansion, which still retains many of the trappings of his or her wealth, occasionally peculiar taste and social-climbing prowess.

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Forty years later, the trappings at the top of Dean Foods, as at most U.S. big companies, are more lavish.

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While such regal trappings meant nothing to the ordinary person, this cannot be said of Herod's projects in Caesarea and Jerusalem.

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Batasuna's leaders were not immediately arrested under the injunction but were unable to use the party banner or trappings.

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Nearly three years of a government of national unity has blunted the opposition's edge - the MDC has seamlessly become part of the ruling class, in their official vehicles and trappings of power.

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