"The closet is becoming as large as a living-room or family-room area in some cases, " says Martin Mitchell, of San Francisco-area Martin Perri Interiors.

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Baker brought in an army of election lawyers from Washington, who went to work in a large conference room nearby, sharing a giant table as a desk and sitting on folding chairs.

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Such a system could be used as an interactive collaborative wall in a meeting room, or even a large information kiosk.

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Also, every room has a large fireplace as well as motion sensors which control the heat, lights and even the shades.

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Adam Goldston, by contrast, has a darker color scheme in his apartment, with a large purple leather couch as the centerpiece to his living room.

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The bass has fantastic oomph and the audio plenty of clarity and depth when you're holding the Jambox in your hand, pointed at your face, but it won't fill a large party room (or function terribly well outdoors, as we learned camping out for Black Friday) and still sound like something worth listening to -- and the close-set speakers don't provide much stereo separation to speak of, either.

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Which is to say, he left himself enough rhetorical running room to oppose any of a large number of potential reforms to Medicare as somehow violating promises made to current or future Medicare beneficiaries.

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With 170 accommodations, including 17 suites, this is a large resort that manages to feel relatively intimate, thanks to a grand octagonal lobby that acts as an informal living room.

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