When they wanted leverage, they hired a guy with a crowbar.

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He grabbed an iron crowbar that was lying on the ballast and, with precise aim, thrust it between the spokes of one of the rapidly revolving front wheels.

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"They put the coffin on top of a stretcher and we looked for a little crowbar to open it because it was nailed shut, " Veron told a local television station.

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Congressional threats are a useful crowbar for extracting concessions.

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"They put the coffin on top of a stretcher and we looked for a little crowbar to open it because it was nailed shut, " father Fabian Veron told a local television station in April.

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Richards and Randall went to a house in Whitbourne on 5 October 2011 armed with a crowbar, chisel and cable ties and broke into the property while White and Merrick were inside, West Mercia Police said.

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It shows how, for some, graffiti on the walls can provoke fury, and noise outside their house a threat to come round with a crowbar - while for others it's barely noticed and, after all, "they're just kids who need something to do".

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