This generation has added Western chairs, some Italian leather, and custom-made futons, thick and plush and in some rooms placed on platforms in the Western style.

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Not bad for a converted basketball star who trains in a facility custom-built by her husband in western New York.

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Civil Guard vehicles clocked and photographed the alleged speeding offense of Benzema in a 100 kph (62 mph) zone on the M40 ring road in western Madrid, said the spokeswoman, who by custom is not identified.

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He also wore Western clothes (another first) but made a gesture to national custom by donning a traditional Nepali cap.

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