Like the artist-turned-Internet-entrepreneur who slunk in when he couldn't drum up additional funding for his money-eating Web outfit.

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It may be too early yet, but it's hard to believe that sooner or later, regional newspaper editors won't be banging the drum to demand that their area has a mayor too.

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The base drum didn't have a strict four-four beat.

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"We can't go out and try to drum up the business and say this year we want 500 diversions, " said Risteen Bahr, the airport's marketing manager.

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When a drum roll just won't do, go for a price cut.

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That prompted an angry response from prosecutors, who said in their own filing that the offer wasn't genuine and accused the defense of trying to drum up public pressure for a deal.

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"It's his journey from this sort of heady instrument that he can't seem to get the hang of to this West African drum, the djembe, " McCarthy says.

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But before you sign the players up for a drum circle, Mr. Kiraly says the hugs aren't all about love and affection.

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Some of his early mining promotions didn't make investors money, but Mr. Friedland was always able to drum up interest in new ventures.

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With a horn section, a violinist, two full drum kits and a designated conductor, Broken Social Scene doesn't quite fit the traditional rock band mold.

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There was a drum corps rattling away at the stadium entrance, and inside, free T-shirts and black-and-white cookies with HELLO PLAYOFFS scribbled in frosting.

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