Their goal: to steal a fabulous royal sceptre from France which has been impounded by the Montreal customs house.

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He soon retrieved a sceptre, copper-colored and bejewelled, and gave it to Max.

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The last of these was Sceptre in 1902 - she was also successful in the Oaks and the St Leger.

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It is unclear whether he will pick up his father's hopeful sceptre.

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"Sceptre understands that consumers demand quality and selection, but are also conscious of their budget, " said Cathy Chou, vice president of operations, Sceptre.

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Often the sceptre of total victory outshines the good and virtuous traits that helped earn their person to the victory in the first person.

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The crown, sword and sceptre were always present during meetings of the old Scots Parliament and have been on display in Edinburgh Castle since 1819.

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"The early pictures cling onto the idea of royalty in a conventional way -- the Queen with a crown and sceptre, in coronation robes, " says the exhibition's curator, Paul Moorhouse.

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Ranged across the bottom are hundreds of small, monkish figures in robes and bearing gifts: a lotus here, a fan there, a sceptre, a letter, beads, scrolls or round pots of incense.

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Ousmane Sembene names his movie for a single mother of two educated children, who manages a Dakar, Senegal, gas station with unbeatable aplomb, wielding a bicycle horn like a combination intercom and sceptre.

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