"She was half on the bed and half on the ground facing down, " Daniel told the jury.

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Without these firms, hydrocarbons would largely stay in the ground or locked in the sea-bed, heavy manufacturing would be difficult to impossible, electricity and communications would be more episodic and primitive, and the list goes on.

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The men, who were badly burned and weren't identified, were found on a bed inside a bedroom of a ground-floor apartment in the 10-story tower on Story Avenue in the Castle Hill neighborhood, a law-enforcement official said.

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Pieces of an air conditioner, the skeleton of a jukebox, molten bed frames, Christmas ornaments jutted from the ground.

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Inside, keep your body off the ice or ground (the Inuit put their sleeping blankets on top of a bed of sticks and reeds) and create heat-trapping "loft" (it's what keeps you warm in a sleeping bag) by layering a few small blankets or big trash bags, with leaves or crumpled newspapers in between.

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His body, found beside his bed just after 0210 BST by visitors to the Gloucester Street ground floor flat, was fully clothed.

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Instead of jumping into bed as fast as they can, they sit on the ground and sing Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" to one another.

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In the tiny bedroom they share in a ground floor flat, 13-year-old Lauren Fick is trying to finish her homework on her bed, as her two older brothers rub shoulders at the computer.

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