And he's buried there in Ketchum, his grave marked by a plain granite slab and, Johnson notes, a carefully placed bottle of Jack Daniels.

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The prince, who has been closely involved with the project, laid a granite slab at the base of the church's new pavilion during a "topping out" ceremony.

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Judge Roy Moore's Ten Commandments monument--you know, that 5, 000-pound slab of granite--was there taking a visit in Woodstock, Virginia.

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It is that uniquely human trait which seeks to express something that has never been expressed before, whether it is a sculptor seeing a slab of granite as a future statue, a scientist envisioning how a new chemical interaction might cure disease, or an entrepreneur dreaming of a new product in the hands of grateful customers.

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