And so I completed my poster, and I hung it on the wall of my home office just above my desk, so I could see it whenever I sat at my computer.

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Told from here, from this hard bench that is both bed and chair, table and couch, inside walls and bars painted a dark gray like a grim parody of jail, the story has a different ring than it would if I could tell it from the desk in my office.

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And I had to be at my desk, at my office, with the first cup of coffee, a legal pad and write the first word at 5:30, five days a week.

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When I got to work it went on the desk until my mid-morning trip to the office coffee pot, where I gave it a quick rinse and refilled it.

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In the time the Oval Office has been in my trust, I have kept near my desk reminders of America's character -- including a painting of a West Texas mountain lit by the morning sun.

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In the time the Oval Office has been in my trust, I have kept near my desk reminders of America's character including a painting of a West Texas mountain lit by the morning sun.

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He was at his desk in Gainesville, Florida, and I was in my home office in Washington, DC.

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Back in the office, still in full Elmo regalia, I made my way to the desk of Fleming Meeks, the executive editor of Barron's.

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