Thirteen years ago, in a small closet-like laboratory, a University of Wisconsin scientist named James Thomson used funding from a Menlo Park, Calif.

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As she stood in her small closet undressing for bed, Elizabeth Shaler was annoyed to find some mud left behind by a running shoe that she now put away.

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Take refuge in a small interior room, closet or hallway on the lowest level.

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The owners of the spread had instructed us to deposit our key in a small slot in the locked kitchen closet before leaving.

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She's even dreaming of installing a small chandelier in her daughter's closet.

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