The 128 rooms, all at least 800 square feet indoors, have private plunge pools on their decks and round stone baths in their courtyards.

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The girls had done their job well but the Swiss stone was close to the button and there was a red guard blocking so I had to draw the stone round from the left, miss the Swiss guard and put the stone right in the centre of the house.

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The pueblo of grass roofed buildings, round river-stone plazas and pre-Colombian magic is off limits to camera-clad foreigners.

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Some Greek islands have been overbuilt by Athenians taking advantage of corrupt planning laws, but all over the mainland there are villages in beautiful settings that are decaying for want of anybody ready to refit handsome stone houses and attract year-round visitors.

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Mr Stone said because the same commodities can go round and round from importer to export broker and back again, the scam is known as a carousel fraud.

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His descriptions of dropping like a stone over dirt, gravel and bare rocks, round blind turns and switchbacks, are a joy to read.

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In the living room, with floor-to-ceiling glass doors and large windows that overlook the mountains, a stone fireplace is topped by a white mantle and a round mirror.

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This time they sprung the scrum-half round the front of a line-out and although he was halted by Luke Arscott, the 18 stone Buxton came thundering up in support before battering through a couple of despairing tackles to score from 10 metres out.

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