"Max doesn't play fundamental drumbeats behind you just to keep the time going, " Bridgewater says.

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Statesmen's funerals were opportunities for militia mourning parades, accompanied by slow, muffled drumbeats.

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The reverberating drumbeats of a variety of drums dominate the accompanying music ensemble.

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Firecrackers and drumbeats to ward off evil spirits break the silence, and wafting smoke fills the air as the macabre parade begins.

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Audio companies tend to march to their own drumbeats when it comes to new goods, but CES usually brings us a few crowd pleasers.

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The floor vibrated with drumbeats as we bowed again.

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Sir William Patey, then head of the Middle East Department at the Foreign Office, said the UK had been aware "of the drumbeats from Washington" when it came to regime change but wanted to "stay away from that end of the spectrum".

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