Not jelly beans, per se. (I usually have them on my bed stand, believing them to be a digestive.) The issue is whether gourmet jelly beans, such as the Jelly Belly brand, are preferable to standard jelly beans.

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On Wednesday, the public learned that Giffords was able to rise from her hospital bed and stand with assistance.

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Unlike most of his peers, who lived a comfortable colonial existence in Shanghai's international settlement, Crow reported on floods up the Yangzi, negotiated the release of hostages from a Shandong warlord and slept in inns so grim he would stand his bed legs in kerosene to keep centipedes at bay.

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Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch, CO: This Ritz Carlton, located on the slopes of the Beaver Creek ski resort, was one of the first hotels in the nation to have a house dog, Bachelor, a rescued yellow Labrador retriever, whose bed was next to the concierge stand.

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Stand by for some quite possible bed-hopping by the Christian Democrats too.

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Mother would occasionally come in and stand at the foot of the bed, clearly concerned but awkward, as if she were intruding on a private moment.

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