With almost 60 lawyers filling the courtroom, the judge created a seating chart for all the attorneys.

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Their situation is institutionally assigned, as is their seating chart in the poster.

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In certain very specific cases, these adjustments to the seating chart are unavoidable.

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Prospective buyers can look at an interactive seating chart that synthesizes the prices and locations of available tickets across a multitude of secondhand markets.

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Thanksgiving can be a lot of work: chopping veggies, roasting that giant bird, not to mention arranging a seating chart that all family members can agree on.

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Imagine having a group of display cubes when it comes time to plan the seating chart for a reception -- each cube could represent one individual, with a color-coded background and a name or photo up top, with different descriptive elements on each side.

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