The oldest plausibly symbolic object is a pair of geometrically engraved ochre plaques (sadly, without substantive fossil context) from Blombos Cave, close to the continent's southern tip (Henshilwood et al. 2003).
By snatching up billions in Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup shares early last year, the former Goldman Sachs junk bond dealer, who reportedly keeps a brass replica of a pair of testicles affixed to a plaque in his office, made his clients $7.5 billion in 2009.
Two white porcelain plaques depict a pair of gentlemen wearing waistcoats, a model of a primitive paddle-wheel boat and a snub-nosed object that resembles a miniature submarine or perhaps a torpedo.
JERUSALEM — High up in an empty, mountainous expanse east of this city there is a stone patio with a pair of green metal benches and a plaque marking the cornerstone of a future Jewish community.
Now that I have this certificate to hang on my wall, I could finally show it!" These days, he'd rather have a pair of decent shoes in his closet than a plaque to hang on his wall.
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Since the museum opened in 1985, only a discreet plaque by the entrance to its home -- a pair of brick buildings on a quiet street in Long Island City, Queens -- has alerted visitors to its presence.
