On it he placed a peasant's pipe and tobacco and behind the chair a box of sprouting onions, a symbol of nature and the new life that might grow from art.

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The next day another constituency of hunger, laziness, and procrastination argues persuasively that a box of doughnuts and an easy chair hold the secret to a meaningful life.

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Along with an examination chair with stirrups facing the jury box, a sonogram machine and other medical devices are on permanent display in the center of the courtroom.

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She opens her closet, stands on a chair, and pulls down a box with some uniforms inside: one of the green plaid one-pieces she wore when she was little, a sailor-suit two-piece from later on.

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