But some owners have gotten exceedingly creative with the dream home extras, carving out party palaces like 1445 West Grande Circle.

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Depending on where in Washington, Utah you are standing, the brightly colored LED lights illuminating the 55-foot-tall glass atrium of 1445 West Grande Circle may be visible.

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The Skate Circle, located east of Sheep Meadow and west of the Naumburg Bandshell and the Mall, is a bring-your-own-skates affair.

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Kamil Zayatte was close to adding a second for the Tigers when he picked up the ball in the centre circle and was allowed to advance with the ball towards the West Ham goal, before firing a rising shot just over the bar.

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Experts warned that the increase in air travel from East to West meant that a new virus would take only a matter of days to circle the globe.

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What strikes the author most is the uncertainty and flux of their lives as they and their circle improvised their way through the confusion of French, Spanish and British jurisdictions in the West Indies and America, and through the creeping, morphing status of the British in India.

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From West Africa to the cities of the United States, to the U.K. and back to the West African source, Adams and Camara, like Vieux Farka Toure, are helping to tighten a big circle of history and music.

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President Mugabe and his inner circle are the target of international sanctions which involve travel bans and restrict them from doing business in the West as well as curbing non-humanitarian financial aid to Zimbabwe.

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