If I was a real life buyer, I would probably drive one of my other four cars with the kid in it, and save the 650 for date night or high-speed laps.

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For instance, the narrative of the 2-minute ad follows a day in the life of a Twitter user interacting with the service to prepare for a romantic date that night.

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At the Pacific Northwest Ballet, a Seattle company that says it has lost a fifth of its government funds in recent years, the marketing team is pushing harder to sell the ballet as a "date night" activity, including charging extra for access to a separate lounge with cocktails at intermission.

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