One sultry summer night, David finds himself alone in his Belgravia mansion but for the dog and one of the Filipina maids.

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This is how I whiled away one long summer night at a wedding reception on the Baltic coast of Sweden: hearing toasts, crooning local drinking songs and draining a profusion of little nips bottles of something called snaps (which is pronounced "schnahps, " but is very different from dessert-like schnapps).

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One night earlier this summer, Gates paid a visit to the cultural nonprofit, Little Black Pearl, where he had volunteered a decade earlier teaching ceramics.

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With events nearly every night through the summer, one might expect charity fatigue to set in, but having attended many of these events through the years, I can attest to the enthusiasm and dedication with which many in the racing industry attend.

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So poor Clinton gave up the summer-vacation spot he liked and apparently spent at least one night in a tent.

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