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We're so happy arts and history finally got married. Did you see the rock he gave her? Bigger than Gibraltar. And her dress looked like it was straight out of a Mucha painting. Probably cost as much, too. That's right, at long last, two former city commissions made the leap and became a full-blown department. We can't wait to see the products of their union.
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