Later he opened the Royal Silk Store, a 2, 000-square-foot outlet on Orchard Road.

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As for Gorno-Badakhshan, a region covering nearly half of the country, its only outlet is the perilous mountain road to Osh in Kirgizstan, impassable in winter.

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No need to head down to the hotel business center when I am on the road or search for a Fed-Ex outlet in an unfamiliar town.

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