Despite Mr Stanzione's confidence in Lucent's home-grown technology and, no doubt, a little sand-bagging the firm will probably buy a big data-networking company soon.

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In this way, with a little bit of sand, a beach is being formed.

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So I know some of you might have been looking forward to a little sun and sand -- (laughter) -- but the bottom line is, is that we are going to stay here as long as it takes to make sure that the American people's taxes don't go up on January 1st, and to make sure that folks who desperately need unemployment insurance get that help.

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Here are the best regions and stays for putting a little service and Chardonnay into your sand and scenery.

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There are two sand beaches, one directly on the town frontage and the other, a little cove tucked under a towering cliff, reached by a narrow path.

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Which it does: serene views of Little Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound, spotless white-sand beaches, and a newly rebuilt, grand inn atop a scenic bluff, the Ocean House, which for decades had stood as a neglected sentinel, a reminder of grander times past.

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