• Mathai testified earlier that she slept in a closet, worked long days without vacation, days off or sick time and wasn't allowed to leave the property, a palatial stone mansion on a cliff overlooking the Mohawk River.

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  • He lived in a palatial home outside the capital of Pyongyang, with a racetrack, pools and an artificial lake.

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  • Idaho has four people two full-time dedicated to academic support. (The school didn't return a request for comment.) No. 1-ranked LSU, on the other hand, has a palatial, wood-paneled academic center for athletes and a support staff of 26.

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  • Reijtenbagh lived in a palatial estate in Brasschaat, Belgium and pursued eccentric hobbies, such as driving his 1961 Bentley Continental S2 in a 9, 000- mile car rally from Amsterdam to Beijing.

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  • Each has fresco ceilings and a palatial bathroom, plus state-of-the-art technology (Apple TV, Blu-Ray, etc.).

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  • Bankrolled by the royal family of Abu Dhabi, the palatial resort is a feat of engineering.

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  • The former occupant, a financial services company, had built a palatial executive suite with stained glass, antiques and expensive art.

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  • In it Sir Ben plays former Iranian colonel Behrani who flees to the US but finds he cannot provide such a palatial life for his family, and is forced to take menial jobs to make ends meet.

    BBC: Sir Ben was knighted in 2002

  • In London, it will be on display from July 5 to Sept. 29 at Somerset House, a palatial 18th-century edifice beside the River Thames that has been transformed over the last decade from dusty tax office to busy arts and cultural center.

    NPR: Ferran Adria Brings ElBulli Exhibition To London

  • Comprised of palatial villas, a free-form swimming pool, signature Anantara Spa and gourmet dining, I was anxious to experience all the property had to offer and, after a quick dip in the refreshing pool, I signed up for an early morning, sunrise desert trek.

    FORBES: A Luxury Oasis In Abu Dhabi: Anantara's Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort

  • When he was killed, he was living in a palatial compound, many times bigger than any other home in its relatively affluent suburb of Islamabad, Pakistan, giving the lie to the myth he promoted that he was an everyman in solidarity with poor Muslims everywhere.

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  • Here in a palatial nutshell was the palette and soft light, the practicality and brio, the deep tradition and smart modernity that I would see again and again over the next few days as I made my own accelerated loop through the trinity of cities Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges that anchor the northern region of Belgium known as Flanders.

    CNN: Flanders: Europe's best-kept design secret

  • The chapter builds its way to a vertigo-inducing chase across palatial heights in what feels like a good old-fashioned platformer boss fight.

    FORBES: Connect

  • The original 13, 000 sq m chateau, which featured grand horseshoe steps and a once palatial ballroom, was previously hired out for wedding receptions and functions.

    BBC: Chateau de Bellevue

  • They've since renovated the chateau (which had been used for government conferences), furnishing each bathroom with Italian marble, covering chairs and beds in rich brocade fabrics and sourcing 17th-century furniture for a truly palatial effect.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Its eclectic ethos from a sleek yacht-like restaurant to a formal, palatial living room will reflect the amalgamation of styles at his estancia.

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  • In the morning, follow the scent of freshly ground coffee to the classic country inn dining room for the first of two included gourmet breakfasts sit beneath sunlit, palatial windows and dig into a three-course morning meal graced with fare like ricotta pancakes with raspberry syrup, or salmon Benedict in a pastry with asparagus.

    BBC: Daily deal: A culinary coup in wine country

  • Since the reign of Pope Pius X at the beginning of the 20th Century every pope has occupied the palatial penthouse apartment with more than a dozen rooms, staff quarters, a terrace and extensive views over the city of Rome.

    BBC: Pope Francis shuns grand apartment for two rooms

  • Once, before the palatial Coyote Hill Road building was constructed, a group that Starkweather had to be connected to was moved to another building, across the Foothill Expressway, half a mile away.

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  • We pressed hard, but the speaker ultimately did not rehearse beyond talking through the script in a 10-minute session in his palatial apartment overlooking Central Park in New York.

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  • Sajid Ahmed Rana's home in Lahore is palatial compared with Louise Campbell's council house in a remote corner of Scotland.

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  • Ecclestone, 22, is said to be moving into the palatial pad following her August nuptials to James Stunt, a businessman and London nightclub fixture.

    FORBES: Billionaire Heiress Petra Ecclestone Buying $150 Million Spelling Manor

  • Unlike gaudy jewels, palatial homes, and ostentatious cars, private foundations are a uniquely admired, understated way to make the powerful statement that you have arrived.

    FORBES: Keeping Up With The Gateses

  • The Nine embarked upon a programme of urban renewal, adorning their new cathedral, building the city's civic palace, the vast piazza that spreads like a scallop shell before it, and the palatial hospital that still functioned in recent times.

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  • Paul Bates, a patient from Torpoint in Cornwall, described the new unit as "palatial".

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  • Roger Thornhill's iconic journey starts in the palatial Grand Central Terminal with the much repeated theme of the fugitive trying to board a train without being spotted.

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