Certainly the Excelsior Vittoria did not let us down in that department, recapturing as it does some sense of past grandeur when celebrities such as Caruso were regular patrons.
While recapturing the House of Representatives remains a distant dream, the vulnerability of Senate Democrats standing in Republican-leaning states this November means there is plenty of pressure on Obama to tone down his rhetoric: he will likely eschew anything that smacks of class warfare in favour of emphasising greater opportunity.
Over the last few months, I have stood in their foot-steps, recapturing their shots exactly, and have blended the two together, creating a window through time".
This was a way of lancing three rivals at once: Elizabeth Dole, the wife of the Republican nominee in 1996; Dan Quayle, a former vice-president; and, most of all, Governor George Bush of Texas.Mr Bush is the most charming and best-financed Republican around; he runs America's second-most populous state; he is his party's best hope of recapturing the White House.
American and Iraqi forces continued to consolidate their grip on Fallujah, after recapturing it from insurgents.
It would mean that they were recapturing barely a third of the seats they lost in 1995, their annus horribilis.
Pushing forward with artillery and bombing raids, Ukrainian forces are recapturing territory and closing in on rebel forces in the east.
The judges asked the state assembly to produce legislation within six months allowing gays to wed.See article: An important decision in MassachusettsKathleen Blanco narrowly beat Bobby Jindal to become the next governor of Louisiana, recapturing the seat for the Democrats.
Officials, ever suspicious of any non-party organisation, especially one with a political hue, have refused to recognise the campaign team whose formation he declared in July.Beijing in 2003 is a long way from recapturing the excited electoral atmosphere of 1980.
He managed to restore Boeing, his former employer, to profitability after troubles engulfed the aviation industry in 2001; he even succeeded in recapturing part of Boeing's market share from Airbus, its arch rival.To pull off the same trick at Ford, Mr Mulally will need more than luck.
Inexorably, the evidence suggests that the Anglo-French decision was primarily aimed not at keeping the peace, but at recapturing the ground lost when President Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal in July.
