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RAINBOW BRIGHTENS BUSH's SPEECH
By Alison Mutler
Associated Press
Bucharest, Romania-
As President Ion Iliescu and President Bush enthusiastically addressed tens of thousands of Romanian citizens braving a steady rain to participate in the occasion, the American gazed with delight at the sky.
On the east side of the square, a rainbow soared even as sunset fell and the western sky turned orange.
"As we started speaking, a rainbow appeared," Bush told the crowd. "God is smiling on us today."
It was an unscripted remark and took the translator by surprise.
Bush's rainbow comment never made it into Romanian, but the crowd applauded anyway.
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11/23/2002 10:39:21 AM PST by
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He said
what?!?!?
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(Sorry, I just wanted to use this picture somewhere).
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