Coat Checker's Delight

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| Thu Jan. 22, 2009 9:20 AM PST

Oh, how I was hoping this would happen!

TNR.com has re-run an inaugural classic: My old DC pal Jon Chait's hilarious piece on coat-checking at one of the Clinton Inaugural Balls. He ended up in a near-riot, manhandled by the police.

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