Within a few months, he had financed four new classrooms with desks and more are on the way.

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Botolph Street, and most suites come with queen-sized four-poster beds, desks, kitchenettes, 42-inch HDTVs, gas fireplaces and more.

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Delving into the world of standing desks, I discovered four major practical concerns to consider prior to investing in one: price, convenience, usefulness and goofiness.

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The Senate chamber is laid out in four concentric semicircles, with adjacent desks almost touching on the crowded Democratic side, and the desks of the much smaller Republican minority spaced loosely apart.

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They didn't wait until two and two were sitting on their desks to realize they had four, and they had the ability to articulate their conclusions swiftly and clearly enough to get everyone else moving before it was too late.

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The salespeople earn a flat commission, so they have no incentive to try to stuff a customer who can only afford a four-year-old Hyundai into a one-year-old BMW. Their desks are designed so that they and their customers are on the same side of the computer screen.

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