"You're living and sleeping on top of a wild coral reef, " says DiBenedetto.

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How can this be worse than sleeping on top of her parents' graves, saying Kaddish so many times the words ran together like nonsense, worse than sitting for days by the Pripiat River, watching for a little sock or Sophie's blue petticoat, sitting in the mud in only a nightgown and blanket, until the weather changed and Mariam came with the flier for America?

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Inside, keep your body off the ice or ground (the Inuit put their sleeping blankets on top of a bed of sticks and reeds) and create heat-trapping "loft" (it's what keeps you warm in a sleeping bag) by layering a few small blankets or big trash bags, with leaves or crumpled newspapers in between.

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Moreover, she is a direct contrast to office manager Joan Holloway, who's reached the top of the administrative ladder by sleeping with the boss and lying about her age.

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Getting a book from on top of the rather considerable belly of a sleeping man represents a classic sequence in Monkey Island 2.

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The proposed sleeping position involves leaning forward and placing your head on the pillow's sloped top.

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The Allak, from Swedish tentmaker Hilleberg, has an unusual configuration: its tent poles support the rain fly, and the sleeping compartment suspends itself from the fly (usually the tent poles support the tent, and the fly clips on top of it).

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