Technology complaints aside, there are plenty of great selling points on the new Explorers: The exterior is toned and trim, with sporty lines and a muscular front, and the many creature comforts inside make this SUV truly luxurious indeed.

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The extreme craft ethos and lush materials that the hotel and many of its rewinding counterparts employ lends a solidity and authenticity to the enterprises, even with the fabrications, the troubled starlets throwing tantrums at the bar and the many contemporary comforts.

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Colleges have spent millions of dollars renovating or building new dorms in order to offer the same sort of suburban comforts that many students are accustomed to.

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America's defenders today stand ready at a moment's notice to go where comforts are few and dangers are many, doing what needs to be done as no one else can.

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