Brinker was issued a bare metal desk and a sheaf of paper.

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It rings off the metal corner of the desk like a horseshoe collaring a metal stake.

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Roger grabs a metal ashtray and slams it on his desk.

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Seated at a desk with a statue of Ronnie James Dio (the late metal singer who popularised the 'devil' hand salute) on the corner, Tsonev wears a black T-shirt reading 'k'metal', playing off the Bulgarian word for mayor - kmet.

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The core rhythm, a loop that Apple re-creates live on a metal percussion instrument, began as her banging with scissors on the things that sit on her desk at home.

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Educationalists have spoken of the need to make schools safer, with metal detectors, security guards and conveniently placed cell phones (one Columbine student, cowering under a desk, failed to get through to the police but managed to use his cell phone to talk to a television station).

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