1.   The flame died down abruptly, the bronze head cooled into quietness.

2.   Among them are three hollow bronze heads, two still partly covered with gold leaf.

3.   Baghdad military museum used to have a small dusty room in which the bronze heads of all previous Iraqi leaders, including President Bakr, were jumbled together.

4.   The award is a solid bronze head of Thalberg on a black base.

5.   The bronze head is separated from the early sandstone sculptures by time, custom and geography.

6.   The original bronze head was stolen long ago, and subsequent stone replacements were broken or stolen.

7.   A juggler sends colourful balls into orbit around the bronze head of John Robert Godley, founder of Christchurch.

8.   An Aboriginal elder appealed for calm after the bronze head was stolen but said he feared a payback on European statues around Perth, including one of Queen Victoria.

9.   The Ile-Ife theft, which included three bronze heads, was the second in less than two years.