The band keeps playing as Wharton works the room, shaking hands, giving hugs and kisses and posing for pictures. The crowd is so enthusiastic that he can barely make it through the throng. Large men in dark suits and wearing earpieces have cleared the path back to the big platform, where he's about to do another television interview.
Enthusiastic crowd hems in Wharton
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