That means it's hotter than a pizza oven, so don't expect to find any lake-front property there.

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When you get to the other side and, more specifically, when you pull up in Slidell, in front of what used to be Dewey Varnedo's(ph) lake-front home, it brings you right back to the nasty world of Katrina.

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He sold a ski chalet in Utah and an expensive house outside Boston before the campaign got under way (that still leaves him with a beach-front property in California, a lake-front one in New Hampshire and a relatively modest terrace house near Boston).

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Els was the third player of the day to shoot 63, but his eight birdies and an eagle were offset when his five-wood approach splashed into the lake at the front of the green at the par-five 18th.

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In developing its series of abodes, Greystoke Mahale, perched on the shores of Lake Tanganyika (the second largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world), placed the shelters just inside the tree line, creating a front-door view that is nothing but white sand and the glimmering water beyond.

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