For a while she lay on her back, watching the stars come out upon the ceiling of her grotto, listening to the little snores.

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"We look forward to working with you to ensure that only age and culturally appropriate programmes air on PBS, which is a mainstay that millions of parents have come to rely upon over the past 35 years, " the letter addressed to PBS president Pat Mitchell added.

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But in the face of a wide range of challenging situations I come across as a lawyer, I still draw upon these five lessons learned on the sales floor.

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Halperin contends that the Cold War brought about numerous limitations on our constitutional liberties and with its conclusion should come the curtailment of government's intrusion upon the liberties of its citizens.

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She saw paper stars hanging from the ceiling, and cards and posters on the wall, and a homey bedspread upon the mattress, but faeries had come to carpet the room with grass, to pave the walls with stone and set them with jewels, and to blow a cover of clouds to hide the horrible suspended ceiling.

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But as the years have passed and I have become involved with braille-related volunteer work on various committees of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) and the International Council on English Braille (ICEB), I have come to realize an even greater satisfaction, based upon a deeper understanding of the importance of braille in the lives of blind men and women.

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