Opening the packaging was more like tearing open a pack of coffee beans than the fetishist equivalent of de-flowering a new Apple product capsule.

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Architects, builders and interior designers say they're increasingly asked to create wide-open spaces with custom amenities that pack a "wow" factor for entertaining friends.

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Packed in their 7-by-2-foot titanium-framed fiberglass bodies are terabytes of cellphone flash storage, a dual-core ARM processor running open Linux software, a battery pack, sensor arrays, a GPS unit, and wireless and satellite communications systems.

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Labels like these can distinguish you from the pack, and may even open up opportunities for you.

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Back at the press base, where the 60-strong media pack have to suffer saunas, open-air natural hot springs, and an underground disco, the antics of the tiny but dedicated British contingent are gradually endearing themselves to the Italian media.

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The pack was waterproof and difficult to pry open with clumsy hands inside thick gloves.

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But the 28-year-old, who finished fifth in the US Open earlier this year, was catapulted back into the chasing pack by a disastrous quadruple-bogey on 5.

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Companies take different approaches here: Some jam-pack the space with cubicles and individual offices, while others have wide-open spaces with communal areas.

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The Glasgow pack drove their way to the Scarlets line before the ball was shipped smartly left for the open-side to go over from close range, Gregor converting.

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