1.   Because of the time crunch, there will be no formal inaugural gala, the all-star affair usually held the night before the swearing in.

2.   Before the next mayoral inauguration rolls around, the City Council must regulate the fund-raising for inaugural galas.

3.   By night, for the inaugural gala, Mrs. Kennedy dazzled onlookers and photographers alike with a simple, elegant ivory-colored silk gown that accentuated her youthfulness.

4.   By Friday night, Cheney was making the rounds of inaugural galas, including a reception by the Wyoming State Society and the Texas Black Tie and Boots Ball.

5.   Festivities included an inaugural gala on Friday night and a ball is planned for Saturday night.

6.   He did so when they met at a recent Inaugural gala.

7.   He produced inaugural galas for both Kennedy and then decades later for Reagan.

8.   Laura Bush will break with recent custom when she wears a red Michael Faircloth gown gleaming with crystals to the inaugural gala in Washington Saturday night.

9.   That night, the Patakis will attend an inaugural gala at the Omni Hotel.

10.   The inaugural gala is a wistful postscript for Ickes, a profane-mouthed combatant as a hands-on political executive.