With their gray glass bushings sticking out at right angles, they look strangely out of sync with the evolving calls for a "smart grid, " but engineers say they still work just fine.

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The film therefore splits between their home town of Seattle (gray and blue, glass and steel) and the mountain stronghold of the Buddhist monks (red and orange, silk and wood).

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The living and dining area is walls of glass that contrast against lava rock walls and gray terrazzo floors.

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The slightly tinted glass of the windows a bluish gray did not have Biblical scenes.

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Commuters in identical gray suits and hats pour like lava through Grand Central Terminal and settle to work in vast open floors with shaded glass partitions.

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For a moment I focus on the glass and catch the faint, honest reflection of my eye staring back at me, a lock of gray straggly hair in its way.

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