Actually, first she swung into the room like a broken gate, holding the door frame with one hand and slamming the other one flat against the wall.

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Suffice it to say, if climate-gate was not the elephant in the room for many of those present, it should have been.

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RationalCraft's software is free to try out now, although the requirement for at least two big TVs, a Kinect controller and a fast Mac should say all there is to know about the practical cost of pretending the Golden Gate Bridge is visible from inside a living room in Cleveland.

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Previously visitors to the novelist's former home at Max Gate in Dorchester could only see the hall, dining room, drawing room and garden.

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My room here has a view of the Golden Gate Bridge.

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The expansive home has incredible views of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay and the Presidio from almost every room.

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American Eagle employee Gabriella Connor works out in the yoga room twice a week with co-workers, including one gate agent who also is a yoga teacher.

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Closer to the tourist centre, a 223-room Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem is set to open in 2013 near the Jaffa Gate.

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