18.The emergencies and extravaganzas mean the business is a rough-and-ready index of, variously, economic growth in the developing world, global instability and big-time fun.
19.I need to call all my friends and let them know I got the jab and they need to get it too because I am not going one more summer without my annual musical revue-karaoke-potluck extravaganza held in my parents backyard.