It's quiet on our floor.

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We haven't checked in with littleBits in quite some time and, honestly, it was a bit of a surprise to find the electronic tinker toys hiding in a quiet corner of the floor at Toy Fair this year.

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For the moment, though, Sara and her husband, Rich, sat by themselves on a quiet terrace off the labor floor.

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The Silence Room is a reincarnation of a similar space installed by founder Harry Gordon Selfridge in 1909, who intended his quiet space on the fourth floor to be an area where men could wait for their wives while they shopped.

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The celebration of silence continues at the Quiet Shop on the ground floor, where you'll find exclusive de-branded versions of recognisable products, including pots of Marmite, bottles of Heinz tomato ketchup, Creme de la Mer face cream and Levis red label jeans.

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Crowne Plaza is testing "snore absorption" rooms at 10 hotels in Europe and the Middle East, and six British branches have implemented "snore patrols" on a floor of designated with quiet rooms for light sleepers, Reuters reports.

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Oberon sat on the floor in a corner of the room, trying to quiet the brokenhearted wailing of the Beastie, but not making a sound himself.

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In a second-floor room at the White House, Letitia Tyler kept her quiet but pivotal role in family activities.

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We wanted a quiet wall for the hall connecting the living area to our bedroom, so we created floor-to-ceiling panels of etched Bendheim glass with mirrors behind them.

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