Groucho Marx's classic joke depends on a grammatical ambiguity for its humor, for example: " Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

In his First Epistle to the Corinthians ( c 54-55 ), Paul the Apostle gives the earliest recorded description of Jesus ' Last Supper: " The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ' This is my body which is for you.

In the Synoptic accounts, the Last Supper is a Passover meal, and so Jesus's trial and crucifixion must have taken place during the night time and following afternoon of the festival itself, the 15th of Nisan.

The more traditional festivities have moved to the day before, Walpurgis night (" Valborgsmässoafton "), known in some locales as simply " Last of April ".

The Christian feast of Maundy Thursday finds its roots in the Jewish feast of Passover, the night on which the Last Supper is generally thought to have occurred.

Last night on Letterman, I wore this skintight Herve Leger dress.

There were " Last Round on the Underground " parties on the night before the ban came into force.

Today, white dinner jackets are frequently seen at weddings, formal beach events, and high-school proms, in the United States and at some concerts ( famously for instance the Last night of the proms ) in the United Kingdom.

The Matins service ( usually celebrated Thursday night ) is officially entitled, " The Office of the Holy and Redeeming Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ ", and is commonly known as the " Matins of the Twelve Gospels ", because interspersed throughout the service are twelve Gospel readings which recount the entire Passion of Christ from the Last Supper to the sealing of the tomb.

On CNN's " Out in the Open ," Rick Sanchez characterized the word without using it by saying, " Last night, we showed you a clip of one of his supporters calling Hillary Clinton the b-word that rhymes with witch.

Last night the house of one of the Chinese staff members of the university was broken into and two of the women, his relatives, were raped.

I managed to get an ambulance so we can take her to Kulou Hospital ... Last night up to 1, 000 women and girls are said to have been raped, about 100 girls at Ginling College Girls alone.

Last night I changed my mind and decided to stay alive.

" Also, " Last night my wife said the weather outside was fit for neither man nor beast, so we both stayed home.

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For standing places, full season tickets automatically include last night admission, half-season ticket holders have access to a special distribution of tickets, but must purchase their Last Night ticket in addition to the cost of the season ticket ; day Prommers also have to present five ticket stubs at the box office.

Several Steeleye songs have never been recorded for a studio album and have only been made available in their live versions, including several tracks on ' Live at Last ' and ' Tonight's the night ... Live '.

On Thanksgiving night, 1976, Diamond made an appearance at The Band's farewell concert, The Last Waltz, performing " Dry Your Eyes ", which he had written with Robertson, and which had appeared on Beautiful Noise.

Last night, NBC had a dinner for Chet and gave all of us a chance to say goodbye to him, and as a farewell gift, NBC gave him a horse.

The strongest and most traditional spring festivities are also found in the old university cities, such as Uppsala and Lund, where undergraduates, graduates and alumni gather at events that last most of the day from early morning to late night on 30 April, or sista april (" The Last Day Of April ") as it is called in Lund and often Uppsala.

Chris and Kim dance to the same song as on their first night (" Last Night of The World ").

Other opening night programmes included a Filmed Playhouse drama entitled The Last Reunion, a preview programme called Coming Shortly, an episode of the American crime drama Highway Patrol and most notably, a networked opening night programme entitled Southern Rhapsody, starring Gracie Fields and the Lionel Blair Dancers, televised from the station's studios in a converted cinema in the Northam area of Southampton and the ocean liner Caronia which was berthed in Southampton docks.

The period of silence is essentially a ritualized night vigil bracketed by the traditional bugle call " The Last Post "" and " The Rouse ", which is also called " Reveille " in the United States.

* Ioannis Clerides, 1 June 1946 – 31 May 1949 ( Last elected Mayor until 1986 ).

*" The Last Socialist Mayor ".

; Malcolm Nichols: 1876-1951 ) Last Republican Mayor of Boston to date.

* Best Mayor of the Last 25 Years ( 2005 ), Binnenlands Bestuur

In 2006, Hong voiced the character Mayor Tong in Avatar: The Last Airbender in the second season's episode titled " Avatar Day.

* The Last Hurrah by Edwin O ' Connor ; O ' Connor's 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James Michael Curley

It can equally well be used for an action that took time, as long as it is conceived of as a unit, with a clearly defined start and end, such as " Last summer I visited France ".

The only time Cheney actually visited the town of Cheney was on September 18, 1883, following the " Last Spike Ceremony " which was the joining of the eastern and western divisions of the railroad.

* Lara Croft visited Karnak for three levels in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation ( Temple of Karnak, The Great Hypostyle Hall and Sacred Lake ) and it was featured in the level editor package.

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The Bluecoat was also visited by performing artists as Stravinsky, Michael Nyman, Doris Lessing and the Last Poets.

Nynaeve has left her husband near the Blight so he may fulfill his vow to fight the Shadow along its borders, but has visited towns asking the men there to fight with Lan, telling them that Malkier's last King is preparing for the Last Battle.

: 1891-97: Last years ; visited 1890-93 by cousin Alfred Möller.

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The First and Last Pub which is situated in Millisle was apparently visited in 1690 by William III of England on his way south to the Battle of the Boyne, despite actually being founded in 1790 a full hundred years after the battle.

* Welsh Political Archive Newsletter, Summer 1998 No 25 " Desmond Donnelly Papers " ( with photograph ) ( The National Library of Wales ) http :// www. llgc. org. uk / lc / awg_s_cylch25. htm ( Last visited 31 July 2006 )

Last year over 420 000 people visited the Centre in Canberra.

He visited spiritual healers including Voodoo witchdoctors in Haiti, the Mentawai in Indonesia, the Huichol of Mexico and shamans in Siberia ( Last of the Medicine Men ).