He furnished the house with icons such as the original black glass table Mies made for the German Pavilion of the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Spain.

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The plaintiff's lawyers also showed him early versions of the manuscript containing the original version of the deleted table, he says.

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That gave the Shenzhen government little choice but to return to the negotiating table after it reneged on its original agreement with the Americans in 2003.

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But because of that curved back, it'll dance around on your table a little more than your completely-flat original iPhone.

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Across a cluttered table at Lego's base in Billund an original Mindstorms robot faces the new crew like a last dinosaur eyeing frisky new species.

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As a sidebar, I recently attended an informal gathering in St Louis and was joined at the table by individuals that were involved with the negotiations and wording in that original lease.

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They also say that since Junichiro Koizumi's government did table a broader privacy bill (which failed to win approval) in the most recent parliament, the original agreement has been honoured.

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As the main character Michael Scott in NBC's The Office, Steve Carell brings new quirks to the table that Americanize the show from its BBC heritage, while also managing to regroup the qualities of the original that inspire our recognition of life's comedies and tragedies.

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