Actress Markie Post poses as she arrives for the 11th annual Race to Erase MS benefit gala in Los Angeles May 14, 2004. The benefit raises funds for the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis which is funding research for a cure for MS. UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen
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