It was too hot to put on her terry-cloth robe, so, wearing only her T-shirt and underwear, she went into the living room, where Marjorie bent to her task.

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Serifs are the little lines trailing from the edges of letter and symbols. (Sans-serif type, on the other hand, doesn't have them.) He likes ribbon cloth lanyards because, he says, they feel rich.

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