She changed into her night clothes and got into bed and turned off the lamp, but she was too agitated to sleep.

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The other display on hand was monochrome with a backlight that flickered on and off as a generic desk lamp shone directly onto it.

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On the lighter side, Randy Sarafan, the same guy who designed a chair that tweets his own farts (seriously), unveiled a lamp that shuts off whenever you shut your eyes.

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Films and series about Edwardian upper caste manners which portray the genteels uncharitably are boring, like the steady, unending (until one turns the switch off) hum of a fluorescent lamp.

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Meantime, ibm executive Allan Schurr expects retailers like Home Depot eventually to stock simple ZigBee devices that look like lamp timers and can turn energy-hogging appliances on and off according to commands that consumers send over the Web.

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Meantime, ibm executive Allan Schurr expects retailers like Home Depot (nyse: HD - news - people ) eventually to stock simple ZigBee devices that look like lamp timers and can turn energy-hogging appliances on and off according to commands that consumers send over the Web.

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Cars had been rammed against lamp-posts or through the surface of streets, the sides of houses ripped off.

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