Mr Lassalle began his fast in March, sitting almost daily on a sofa in an ornate room of the National Assembly in Paris, to protest against what he considered to be a relocation plan by Toyal, a Japanese-owned manufacturer of aluminium pigment.

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Roger McCarthy of Failure Analysis Associates testified that Jose and Kitty Menendez were sitting side-by-side on a sofa in the den when they were attacked, and that the brothers aimed "kneecapping" shots at their parents to make the killings look like a Mafia hit.

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The well-known venture capitalist recalled the incident while sitting on a leather sofa in his staggering penthouse: a newly completed two-bedroom, three-bath 5, 500-square-foot apartment on the 60th floor of the Millennium Tower with views from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge and beyond.

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When I returned, Dixie cup in hand, my mom was sitting next to my sister on the sofa.

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Some of the little tricks that always work with younger boys are things like always sitting in a sofa, or a chair with big, soft arms if possible.

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They were waiting for Husna in the living room, all three wearing saris, relaxed, Kamila sitting with her feet curled under her on a sofa, Rehana and Sarwat in high-backed chairs.

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