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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, carries nine-month-old Cate Bosco as he takes part in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in New York, March 17, 2005.
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The New York City Fire Department Pipe and Drum band marches along Fifth Avenue during the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in New York, March 17, 2005.
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Ireland's Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, left, presents a bowl of shamrock to President Bush during a Saint Patrick's Day celebration in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2005.
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Contestants in the annual 3 legged race on St Patrick's Day in Copenhagen, Denmark , prepare to embark on the first stage of the race Thursday, March 17, 2005. Participants are given free beer at 7 Irish pubs across the city, with the pair finishing in the least amount of time declared the winner.
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Charles Anderson sports a green mustache Wednesday, March 16, 2005 while walking on River Street in Savannah, Ga., before the city's St. Patrick's Day celebration. In Savannah, officials were expecting hundreds of thousands of visitors, quite a difference from the early days of the 177-year history of the celebration.
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Reilly Finnegan, 7, of Raleigh, N.C., shivers under a blanket March 17, 2005, before the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Savannah, Ga. Savannah's most-celebrated holiday normally symbolizes a balmy slide into springtime. But temperatures fell to a damp 43 degrees, making blankets and hot coffee St. Patrick's Day necessities.
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Lorie Andray holds her dog, Prince, who is bundled up for protection against the cold weather before the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Savannah, Ga., March 17, 2005.
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Bill McClanahan uses two old sawhorses to support a shamrock he is making Tuesday, March 15, 2005, for his St. Patrick's Day float in Shawenee, Kan. The McClanahan clan won the grand prize in last year's parade in downtown Kansas City, Mo., and they hope to repeat that on Thursday.
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World Champion Irish dancer Sinead McCafferty, center, and members of the Riverdance Irish dance troupe perform during the first act of Riverdance at Radio City Music Hall in New York March 10, 2005.
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Mark Floyd, 6, of Baltimore, sports a toothless grin and his Irish green as he marches with his grandmother in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Baltimore, March 13, 2005.
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Jack the dog sports his Irish green paint job as he marches in the St. Patrick's Day parade, March 13, 2005, in Baltimore.
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Members of the Penn Manor High School marching band flag unit, from Millersville, Pa., perform during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Baltimore, March 13, 2005.
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Bagpipers march past the Alamo during the Harp and Shamrock Society's Alamo Irish Festival parade in San Antonio, Texas, March 12, 2005.
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Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams speaks at the Friends of Sinn Fein Community Event in South Orange, N.J., March 14, 2005. Adams was visiting the United States to seek support from Irish-American activists.
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A parade participant represents St. Patrick as he leads the St Patrick's Day parade floats down O'Connell Street in Dublin, March 17, 2005.
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The sisters of murdered Northern Ireland man Robert McCartney check in at Dublin Airport, March 15, 2005, before leaving for a St Patrick's Day meeting with President Bush. Their campaign to have his killers brought to justice has focused attention on the IRA. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, a reputed IRA chief, has been barred from official U.S. functions this year.
