Directly below Fanny and Constance lived somebody who took flash photographs from his or her balcony, the bright quiet blast of light below them every now and then like a spill of phosphorescence, fairy dust, at their feet.

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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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In a letter on August 23rd to Darrell Issa, a congressman who had raised concerns about the Facebook IPO, she agreed there should be a review of the quiet period in light of recent changes to financial markets and modern communications technology.

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Early in the design process, Arad was teamed with the landscape architect Peter Walker, who shares his minimalist sensibility, and they have made the space around the two footprints a handsome and restrained civic square, with oak trees, benches, and light poles giving the place a kind of quiet, firm order.

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Dorset Council contractor SSE Contracting is now changing the light sensor on each light to a timed version in the town's quiet roads.

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That is keeping Asian markets quiet and is also keeping physical demand for gold coming out of Asia on the light side.

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