So we'll plump up the low wages of those in the purely private economy with a growing array of wage supplements.

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So yes, the bedroom, with that plump queen bed, is a tight space, but the bathroom has a step-down slate soaking tub that fills from a spout in the ceiling and has an infinity edge so you need not worry about flooding the room.

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Jocky Wilson flew the flag that way for more than 15 years. (He sometimes did so literally, pushing his grinning way through the crowds with the Saltire clasped in one plump hand.) He became the first Scot to win the Embassy World Professional Championship in 1982, repeated the feat in 1989, and between 1979 and 1991 he always reached at least the quarter-finals.

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Also on that short list, it so happens, is spotting one of the aforementioned troops hand-feed an overzealous and noticeably plump squirrel who's anxiously scratching on the door to get in.

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