He was also the sovereign who offered to send some of his elephants to the United States, where he believed they would do a better job than steam engines in opening up the country for settlement.

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The showiest is Dartmeet, a spacious beige suite that has an almost equally capacious bathroom featuring an immense rectangular tub, sauna, steam room, and French doors opening to a river-view terrace.

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The opening date for an extension to a volunteer steam railway in Sussex has been announced.

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Samoa had battered South Africa for 40 minutes in their opening match in France before running out of steam in the second half.

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The Savoy Group spun the company off in 1997, and Savior began opening independent showrooms, but did not really pick up steam until the past few years when it opened shops in Berlin, Shanghai, New Delhi, Paris, and New York.

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