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Just after Minneapolis fire captain Shanna Hanson was introduced as the next speaker, the RNC crowd turned its attention to the sight, projected on the overhead scoreboard, of former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara making their way to their seats.

Ms. Hanson waited patiently at the podium as the crowd treated the 41st President to a lengthy standing ovation, and then broke into chants of "Forty-one! Forty-one!"

-- Evie Stone

9:06 PM ET | 09- 2-2008 | permalink

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