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For Nuna this happened on a trip to Korea when she saw an elderly street performer playing “Golden” on a traditional Korean instrument.

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“My first instrument was drums, until my mother started making me break my drums down every day,” he said.

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Foreign policy becomes an instrument of naked personal despotism, with favors bestowed on those who burnish the leader’s vanity, and yanked away from those who decline to do so.

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The ex-president rejected the case as "arbitrary" and said the courts were being used as an "instrument of oppression".

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There are options for entertainment as well, such as musical instruments and garden games, while the exercise section offers golf clubs and gym equipment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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