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    <title>How To Spend a Night in the Lincoln Bedroom</title>
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      <![CDATA[Staying in the White House is like winning an Oscar, a Nobel Peace Prize, and a reality show all at the same time. Here’s how to get the best bed in the house.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Charm, fame, talent, and/or political notoriety]]>
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        <![CDATA[Ectoplasm (optional)]]>
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        <![CDATA[A time machine (optional)]]>
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          <![CDATA[Spending a night at the White House may lead to instant fame within your social circle and envy from your friends. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Spending a night at the White House may lead to instant fame within your social circle and envy from your friends.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Do you govern something? Whether you're democratic or monarchic — or married to someone who is — it helps if you've got a political title. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Do you govern something? Whether you&#8217;re democratic or monarchic — or married to someone who is — it helps if you&#8217;ve got a political title.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Be famous. As some of society's biggest movers and shakers, famous actors, singers, directors, producers, and Hollywood moguls have all had their chance to sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Be famous. As some of society&#8217;s biggest movers and shakers, famous actors, singers, directors, producers, and Hollywood moguls have all had their chance to sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Six years of tap and jazz won't cut it. You'll need to be an A-List celeb with sympathetic political leanings to get the official invite.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Six years of tap and jazz won&#8217;t cut it. You&#8217;ll need to be an A-List celeb with sympathetic political leanings to get the official invite.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[You're the head of a multinational corporation, a captain of industry, or a really, really rich dude? Odds are, you're already on good terms with our president, but if you're not, cozy up to the head of the nation.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re the head of a multinational corporation, a captain of industry, or a really, really rich dude? Odds are, you&#8217;re already on good terms with our president, but if you&#8217;re not, cozy up to the head of the nation.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Use those deep pockets and dole out the presidential support. While your six-figure campaign donation isn't guaranteed to score you a stay, it certainly won't hurt. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Use those deep pockets and dole out the presidential support. While your six-figure campaign donation isn&#8217;t guaranteed to score you a stay, it certainly won&#8217;t hurt.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Numerous guests claim to have had contact with Lincoln's ghost in and around the bedroom. If you're an apparition, why not take advantage of your ghostly state? Moonlight as Lincoln and scam a paranormal night in the world's most famous lumpy bed.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Numerous guests claim to have had contact with Lincoln&#8217;s ghost in and around the bedroom. If you&#8217;re an apparition, why not take advantage of your ghostly state? Moonlight as Lincoln and scam a paranormal night in the world&#8217;s most famous lumpy bed.</p>]]>
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        <title>Time travel to 1992</title>
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          <![CDATA[Jump in your time machine. During Bill's first term, the Clintons housed over 800 official guests in the White House -- and a good number of those stayed in the Lincoln Bedroom. Since Billary loved to entertain, go back to 1992 and get chummy with the Clintons.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Jump in your time machine. During Bill&#8217;s first term, the Clintons housed over 800 official guests in the White House &#8212; and a good number of those stayed in the Lincoln Bedroom. Since Billary loved to entertain, go back to 1992 and get chummy with the Clintons.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[In 1863, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in the Lincoln Bedroom -- which, at the time, wasn’t a bedroom but an office!]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>In 1863, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in the Lincoln Bedroom &#8212; which, at the time, wasn’t a bedroom but an office!</p>]]>
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