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There she found the housemaid, Margaret, energetically polishing the already gleaming brass door handle.

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He played brass instruments: trumpet, trombone, and tuba, as well as the flute.

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But Sinclair’s campaign crumbled after Disney’s brass returned Kimmel to his late night perch — without making concessions that Sinclair had demanded.

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They are brass, ivory and wooden sculptures that once adorned the royal palace of the Benin Kingdom before British soldiers looted them in 1897 during a punitive expedition.

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The score requires a monster orchestra with a blockbuster brass section and an audience capable of patience and goodwill.

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