The energy-efficient glass is not cheap and, without curtains, loses twice as much heat as a standard 6-inch fiberglass-filled wall.

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Visitors will approach Rembrandt's painting through the cathedral-like entrance hall, filled with jewel-toned stained glass and extravagant wall decorations, and the restored Gallery of Honor, home to the Rijksmuseum's collection of 17th century works.

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"I don't like it when it's a rat-pack bar" filled with a wall of liquor bottles and lined with bar stools, says Mr. Smith.

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The quaint community of 442 filled with century-old historic homes has no flood wall or levee.

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On the opposite side of the 33, 000-square-foot park filled with hundreds of protestors was the Parents For Occupy Wall Street camp.

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The front page, as always, was filled with three- and four-line advertisements for Newcastle, Silkstone, or Wall's-End coal, Bailey's elastic stockings, ladies' abdominal belts, Pulvermacher's Patent Galvanic Chain Bands, Antakos corn plasters, Iceland Liniment for chilblains, and "Want Places" appeals from wet nurses, scullery maids, and cooks, each willing to supply testimonials about their skills and finer qualities.

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