The Frenchman switched to the chair near the stove and realized that he was tired.

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His mother said nothing, so he brought a chair near the stove and stood on it.

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She carelessly drops them onto a chair she is standing near, so that the rings, necklaces and bracelets fall down and roll under the seating.

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Not only did he chair the hearing firmly and fairly, his admonishments of Clemens near the end for speaking belligerently and out of turn seemed right on point.

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The chair was awarded to Mererid Hopwood, 37, a mother of three, from Llangynnwr near Carmarthen.

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But, after the ink session was over, the woman claimed she only asked for three stars near her eye, and that the tattooist just kept adding more and more as she fell asleep in the chair.

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The crew on Stage 9 at Babelsberg Studio, near Berlin, erupted in a din of professional efficacy, preparing for the next shot, while Hanks returned to his chair to sip coffee from an NPR cup.

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