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PowerBars, bananas, and corn chips. I

pick up a couple of bruised apples from

the snack bar and make my way to the

auditorium. Greeters wearing UPW T-

shirts and ecstatic smiles line the entrance,

springing up and down, fists

pumping. You can’t get inside without

slapping them five. I know, because I

try.

Inside the vast hall, a phalanx of dancers

is warming up the crowd to the

Billy Idol song “Mony Mony,” amplified

by a world-class sound system, magnified

on giant Megatron screens flanking

the stage. They move in sync like

backup dancers in a Britney Spears

video, but are dressed like middle managers.

The lead performer is a fortysomething

balding fellow wearing a white

button-down shirt, conservative tie,

rolled-up sleeves, and a great-to-meetyou

smile. The message seems to be

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