But The Office, which he writes and directs with Merchant, really brought him to the attention of the public and the critics, who could not heap enough praise on him.

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To be top of the social heap, it is not enough to have fine things.

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For a heap like the Flotsam, it might have made the difference between having enough fuel or not.

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