However, its "female-friendly" floor in Milwaukee, Wis.

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Gaston was one of many flood refugees living on the second floor of the Friendly Inn, a low-income motel on the city's east side.

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The foot-friendly furry rug makes the floor exciting. (Money-saving tip: Use a large, inexpensive sisal rug as a base, and layer it with a small version of the pricier rug you love.) Windows with wow factor: Embroidered Roman shades add warmth and contrast and function as art against understated blue walls.

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New features will include a low annoyance horn accompanied by blinking lights, leg and footroom to accomodate four adults, a flat floor, stain-resistant and environmentally friendly upholstery, interior air filters, and dual climate controls in the rear.

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One hardwood floor maker even wrote a counter book called The Truax that boasted about how friendly the logging industry is.

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The streets of Glasgow weren't nearly as friendly 65 years ago when the young Billy Connolly arrived with a plop on the cold linoleum floor of his parents' tenement house.

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Walking the conference floor with Fadi is an unending sequence of high-fives, broad smiles and a friendly arm around countless young entrepreneurs seeking advice from his playbook and funding from his checkbook.

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