It is important to pay attention to seating for a home bar, says Mr. Bacardi, who has three high bar chairs with backs and arms.

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"The court was sending a message: Don't rely on the courts to clean up the tax code, '" says Lipton, who chairs the American Bar Association's tax section.

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The author is a man of particular tastes: Room accents include serving trays from a 1930s Douglas DC-3 airliner, a WWII-era coffin trolley turned coffee table, and reclaimed jet navigator chairs used as bar stools.

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Bellagio: The horse race screens are separated from the sports area, they have comfy easy chairs, free flowing drinks, and a small bar area with tables.

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Zebra skins adorn chairs with gilded edges, a Shanghai Tang trunk doubles as a bar, local cooking pots become showerheads in outside showers, and a rectangular crystal light fixture designed in-house was, Lazarus insists, such a hit that Fendi copied it.

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By the time Angola was leading 3-0, those in the bar were jumping about and dancing, spraying beer across the tables and leaping on chairs.

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