Mardi Gras revelers brush off concern over economy, war

Wednesday, March 5, 2003

NEW ORLEANS -- Thousands of revelers shook off the fear of war and the struggling economy Tuesday as they celebrated Mardi Gras with a vast and raucous street party under a bone-chilling fog rolling off the Mississippi River.

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