Probably because they are a set of Herman Miller 'Aeron' office chairs deconstructed, re-engineered with custom bracketry and installed in the Rizk.

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With unemployment hovering at 9.2% there are less butts in office chairs, and more butts at home watching Judge Judy.

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His office is decorated with gilded chairs and extravagant mouldings, ordered by his predecessor.

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But nuclear power plants, research labs and the like, they have filing cabinets, chairs, the office buildings have steel beams in them.

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As dot-coms collapsed, Google took over cheap office space, barely used Aeron chairs, dozens of servers and platoons of out-of-work programmers.

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Furniture that was moved on July 9, 2004 included two sofas, two chairs, a glass coffee table, a fully furnished office, a bedroom set, outdoor furniture and a grill.

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The organizers are: The Russian Academy for Public Administration, under the President of the Russian Federation, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, UNESCO Chair for Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue, the UNESCO Network of Chairs on Intercultural and Inter-religious Dialogue and the UNESCO Moscow Office.

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Now Spencer Bachus, a Republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, is said to be under investigation by the Congressional Ethics Office, although he strongly denies any wrongdoing.

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