The double king offers a king-size bed, 32-inch flat-screen TV and a European-style bathroom that you'll share with one or two other rooms.

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Class A buildings are typically filled with large corporations or law firms, and landlords often have trouble renting out the one or two leftover rooms these big guys don't want, says Arthur Pasquarella , chief operating officer of BPG Properties .

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Tenants in social housing will have their benefit reduced by 14% if they have a spare bedroom or 25% if they have two or more extra rooms.

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At the clubhouse, residents can watch games on 17 televisions in the sports bar, play cards in one of two rooms or catch a movie in the 36-seat theater.

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Designed for clients who relish privacy and personalized services but also want to be able to use the Internet or their cell phones or otherwise conduct business between sessions of Thai massage, the suite is composed of two connected rooms and can be booked by the hour or the day.

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Additionally, whether the user is looking to double the output or bring the party to multiple rooms simultaneously, two units can be linked to the same transmitter to provide truly immersive audio.

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On the one hand comes greatly increased space: the typical American dwelling now has two rooms per person, double Europe's level or America's half a century ago.

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They are just simple, basic rooms with 10 to 12 computer terminals, and usually one or two telephone booths.

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Fourth, uninsured Americans use hospital emergency rooms at about the same rate as privately-insured patients, and only one to two percent make regular visits (four or more per year) to hospital emergency rooms.

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