There on the floor in the dark it had come to him: I could spare them.

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The box-like eight-floor structure had dark brown bricks as facing tiles on the outside walls, a style that became popular in Shanghai in the 1930s.

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At 11 p.m. the two pulled up at a dark house with a dirt floor and no electricity--"a place I wouldn't even put my dog, " Parisi recalls. (Make that 13 dogs, all dachshunds.) A wrinkled old man came shuffling toward Parisi in the candlelight.

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Mikla, atop the Marmara Pera Hotel, is a hot spot for its dark, contemporary cocktail lounge with floor-to-ceiling glass windows and outdoor terrace, perfect for admiring the greatest-hits-of-Istanbul view.

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He looks down and finds that the electrical cord leads to the television now a dark, silent box lying on the floor at his feet.

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The 4, 722-square-foot home has 4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, dark hardwood flooring, high ceilings and open floor plan.

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When she gestured with her hands, she flashed gold and diamond rings with the SM design, part of her Celestial Jewelry collection--available by catalog as well. (Also for sale: Celestial purses, hats, gold dinnerware, chopsticks, inspirational videos, floor lamps.) A petite woman with long, dark brown hair that cascades past her shoulders, the Supreme Master is passionate, earthy (she says she needs a husband) and more fun than the average saint.

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The main differences between the two are a sport-tuned suspension, those 19-inch machined alloy wheels and tires, distinctive headlights with dark chrome inserts, and R-Spec badges outside the vehicle and on the floor mats.

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In winter, when the sky got dark early and Mother worried about her making the long commute home, Naima would sleep on my bedroom floor.

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