Each abode comes equipped with a gourmet kitchen and separate living, dining and sleeping areas.

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Take, for example, the award-winning 9, 000 square foot abode Bridgwater designed with dramatic views of the snow-capped Wasatch Mountains.

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Another man arrested in the raid, Mario Cavalho, 27, of no fixed abode, has been charged with kidnap, grievous bodily harm, robbery and possession of a knife following a police investigation into an incident in Bell Close, Ipswich in March.

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The digs: A gleaming glass-and-white-aluminum abode that Richard Meier designed, complete with a grassy courtyard.

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Mr O'Rourke said at one point McGarry, of no fixed abode, was hit on the back of the head with a bottle in the kitchen and retaliated by throwing a bottle at Mr Galt, which missed but broke a window.

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As for the mussels, miles of thick brown fuzzy rope, equipped with millions of short strands of synthetic fibers woven together provide a spacious abode.

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Exit from what is now the back (but was originally the main entrance with an impressive carved gate), past the royal baths to the small abode of the courtesan Rai Parveen, set in a garden designed in the classic Mughal style.

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